Indonesia's Prabowo grilled over fighter jet plan in third debate

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Indonesian Defense Minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto speaks during a televised debate at the Istora Senayan stadium in Jakarta on Jan. 7. © Reuters

ERWIDA MAULIA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- During the third official debate ahead of next month's Indonesian presidential election on Sunday, leading candidate Prabowo Subianto was grilled over his ministry's plan to purchase used fighter jets from Qatar.

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