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Indonesia bribery investigators name bank governor as suspect

By John Aglionby in Jakarta

Published: January 30 2008 02:00 | Last updated: January 30 2008 02:00

Indonesia's central bank governor has been named as an official suspect in an in-vestigation into the alleged bribery of legislators. He is the most senior official to be caught up in a government crackdown on corruption.

Burhanuddin Abdullah and two other officials are being investigated by Indonesia's anti-corruption commission for allegedly disbursing Rp31.5bn (£1.7m) in bribes to legislators to allow an amendment of the country's central bank law.

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