President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has suspended the chief of Indonesia’s anti-graft agency, his aide said, following an accusation of extortion in an investigation that has ensnared a former minister.
The move came after police this week named the official, Firli Bahuri (pic), as a suspect accused of extorting money from former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo, who was detained in a corruption case last month.
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