Indonesia president irked by Wikileaks graft claim
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his predecessor Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed disappointment on Thursday over a report suggesting the two were implicated in a multinational graft case currently being heard in an Australian court, risking already
Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks released a report that Yudhoyono feared could present “false” accusations. He suspects the report links him and Megawati to graft in the printing of Indonesian bank notes in Australia in 1999.
“The report is hurtful,” Yudhoyono told a press conference at his residence in Cikeas, West Java, on Thursday.
“This kind of report can go viral very quickly and, at the same time, is also very sensitive because it relates to our honour and dignity.”
Denying any role in the case, Yudhoyono asked Australian authorities to be transparent in the legal proceedings into the case.
