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        "msgid": "akbar-to-perform-haj-pilgrimage-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-01-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Akbar to perform haj pilgrimage",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Akbar to perform haj pilgrimage JAKARTA: Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung is scheduled to leave for Mecca next month for the haj pilgrimage despite being named as a suspect in a high profile corruption scandal. Golkar deputy secretary-general Rully Chairul Azwar confirmed on Thursday that Akbar, who is also House of Representatives speaker, would join Muslims from across the world for the prayers in Mecca. The peak of this year's haj pilgrimage falls on Feb.",
        "content": "<p>Akbar to perform haj pilgrimage<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung is scheduled to leave<br>\nfor Mecca next month for the haj pilgrimage despite being named<br>\nas a suspect in a high profile corruption scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Golkar deputy secretary-general Rully Chairul Azwar confirmed<br>\non Thursday that Akbar, who is also House of Representatives<br>\nspeaker, would join Muslims from across the world for the prayers<br>\nin Mecca.<\/p>\n<p>The peak of this year's haj pilgrimage falls on Feb. 23,<br>\ncoinciding with the Islamic Day of Sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\"He will possibly depart on Feb. 12,\" Rully told The Jakarta<br>\nPost.<\/p>\n<p>Akbar was named a suspect by the Attorney General's Office<br>\nlast week for his alleged involvement in the misuse of non-<br>\nbudgetary funds from the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) amounting<br>\nto Rp 40 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The office usually imposes a travel ban on suspects in any<br>\nlegal case in an attempt to prevent them from trying to flee or<br>\nconceal evidence.<\/p>\n<p>But Attorney General MA Rachman has assured the public that<br>\nthe Golkar chairman would not try to flee so that there was no<br>\nneed to impose the ban on him. --JP<\/p>",
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