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- ↑ Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, To fight graft, can we shame the shameless?. Jakarta Post. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Jakarta Post News Desk. Ahok’s judicial review supported by former justice, law expert. Jakarta Post. 26 September 2016.
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