Former general leads Indonesian presidential poll

A FORMER army general took an early lead yesterday in Indonesia’s first direct presidential election.

Former general leads Indonesian presidential poll

With just a small amount of the estimated 140 million votes counted, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had 33%, incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri had 28% and another retired military general, Wiranto, was third with 22 percent.

The poll is a key step toward democracy in the world's largest Muslim nation six years after the fall of longtime dictator Suharto.

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