18-02-2015 09:24 via news.yahoo.com

Indonesia's president drops controversial candidate for police chief

By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday dropped his nominee for the post of national police chief after weeks of public outcry over the candidate's implication in a bribery scandal. Widodo's indecisiveness over the appointment after the nominee, Budi Gunawan, was named a corruption suspect, has led many supporters to question the new president's anti-corruption credentials and his readiness to take on powerful vested interests in South
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