Indonesia parliament picks speaker after predecessor felled by scandal

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JAKARTA, Rabi'II 01, 1437, January 11, 2016, SPA -- Indonesia's parliament swore in a new speaker on Monday after his predecessor was forced to resign amid corruption allegations, Reuters reported. Setya Novanto, of the opposition Golkar party, was found guilty of ethics violations after an internal probe into a meeting at which he is accused of trying to extort shares worth $1.8 billion from mining giant Freeport-McMoran to ensure its contract extension. He was replaced by Ade Komarudin, also of Golkar. --SPA 13:49 LOCAL TIME 10:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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