FILE PHOTO: Indonesian president Joko Widodo delivers a speech during the Inauguration of the new ASEAN Secretariat Building in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday said his sports minister had resigned after being named a bribery suspect by the country's anti-corruption agency.
It was the second cabinet minister engulfed in a graft case, a blow to Widodo, Indonesia's first president to come from outside the political or military establishment. He came to power in 2014 with the promise of clean, effective government.
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