The Ball in Their Court

THAT afternoon Hadi Utomo wore a white Tshirt and striped black shorts. At times, this Democrat Party Chairman winced in pain as he hobbled along. There was still a mark on his left hand where an IV needle had been inserted. “My gout is acting up,” he said feebly, on Thursday last week.

After voting that morning at a polling station near his home in Condet, East Jakarta, this retired colonel from the Indonesian Military (TNI) said he was fe

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