Asia | Indonesia's politics

Corruption everywhere

The saga of Muhammad Nazaruddin

By J.C. | JAKARTA

IN INDONESIA, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, many politicians hold open houses on the first morning of the post-Ramadan Idul Fitri holiday to greet supporters and well wishers, before spending the afternoon with their own families. Last week, lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin proved to be an exception, spending August 31st in police detention facility just outside the capital Jakarta on corruption charges while his wife, also a suspect, remained on the run abroad with the couple's children. Mr Nazaruddin, who is now the most celebrated detainee in a country bursting with high-profile corruption suspects, marked his 33rd birthday in jail on August 26th.
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