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Urgent: Indonesian house speaker resigns after extortion scandal

Xinhua, December 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian House Speaker Setya Novanto resigned on Wednesday after a scandal of extortion of shares of U.S. firm Freeport McMorant Inc., a member of parliament ethich council announced. Enditem