JAKARTA (Reuters) - When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came to power in Indonesia vowing to stamp out corruption, sceptics scoffed it was an impossible task in a country where bribes are demanded from the cradle to the grave.
Nearly two years down the road, Yudhoyono has demonstrated his resolve with a high-profile anti-graft campaign that has sent a host of officials from a former religious affairs minister to the governor of Aceh province to prison on corruption charges.
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