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Indonesians began voting for a new president Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asias biggest economy despite concerns over his human rights record.

ABOUT 202 million voters in Indonesia, the third most populous electoral democracy in the world, go to the polls today.

The General Election Commission is expected to announce official results by March 20 at the latest.

Indonesians began voting for a new president Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asias biggest economy despite concerns over his human rights record.

(Update 1: adds start of vote counting, changes head, lede, re-writes throughout) Jakarta, Feb 14 (EFE).- Indonesia began counting votes on Wednesday after polling ended at most of the some 823,000 booths across the 7,000-island archipelago. Some 205 million Indonesians were called to elect the replacement of current president, Joko Widodo, with former general Prabowo …

Voting has begun in Indonesias presidential election, with over 200 million voters casting their ballots to elect a new president and vice president, as well as parliamentary and local representatives. Concerns over the cost of living and human rights have dominated the campaign.

The incumbent Indonesian defense minister, who has been accused of human rights atrocities as an ex-general, and two former governors are vying to succeed the still-widely popular President Joko Widodo

(AP) — Indonesian voters were choosing a new president Wednesday as the world’s third-largest democracy aspires to become a global economic powerhouse a quarter-century after shaking off a

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian voters on Wednesday were making their choice of who will succeed popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term.

Millions of Indonesians must choose among three presidential candidates in Wednesday’s historic vote.