Part of the estate of the former of Langkat Regent. — ©️2023 The New York Times Company
THE Indonesian anti-corruption investigators began hunting for the powerful local official after they caught two of his aides taking a US$40,000 (RM187,000) bribe.
Their six-month investigation led them to a sprawling estate in North Sumatra, where they made a shocking discovery: 65 men locked in two cages.
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