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Indonesia’s Prabowo Campaign Slowed by Hoax

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Oct 11, 2018
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Indonesian opposition presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto’s momentum has been slowed and his campaign has suffered a major embarrassment from a 69-year-old actress and now-discredited member of his campaign with a false claim that she had been beaten by men who were suspected of being allies of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

With tears in her eyes…

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