Graft suspect Ahmad Fathanah continues to deny the charges against him. Women reportedly close to him have been questioned to beef up allegations.

AYU Azhari said the first time she met him was in a corridor of the ground floor of Plaza Indonesia in Central Jakarta. On the afternoon of December 3, 2012, the 44-year-old film star was walking with her fifth child, Isabelle Tramp. A man suddenly called her from behind. "I'm Ahmad Fathanah," Ayu said, imitating the middle-aged man's words.

According to Ayu, Ahmad Fathanah claimed to be an ustad (religious teacher) providing haj-pilgrimage guidance. Fathanah also said he was among "sympathizers of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) outside the organizational structure." After the meeting, Ayu said, they had a talk at a cafe in the mall located in the city center.

ANALYSIS, May 8 ? The popular vote in Election 2013 tells the story of a “Bangsa Malaysia” generation voting for the first time and across racial lines, but for Barisan Nasional (BN), blaming Chinese voters is far more convenient to ensure unity and mask strategies that failed.

Some three million of the 13.3 million voters cast their ballots for the first time in last weekend’s polls and many likely did so for BN’s foes Pakatan Rakyat (PR), who vowed to end cronyism, excess expenditure and endemic corruption.

These first-time voters, mainly below 30, grew up in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s rule, where the country’s longest-serving prime minister launched his Vision 2020 in 1991 and spoke of a “Bangsa Malaysia” (Malaysian Race) who competed on meritocracy in a developed nation.

Having lived in the UK for more than a decade, Benny Wenda has garnered some sympathy from city officials of Oxford, a city about an hour's drive west of London. A native of the Baliem valley, in Papua province, Wenda was granted permission to set up the Free West Papua Organization's (OPM) office there, and on April 26, the organization officially opened its first international office in Benny's residence on Marston Road.

The inauguration was attended by Oxford Mayor Mohammad Niaz Abbasi, along with former Mayor Elise Benjamin and British parliamentarian Andrew Smith. The Oxford Mail news website reported that Benny wore Papuan traditional dress at the occasion. The four were photographed, surrounded by townspeople, smiling and holding the Morning Star flag, a symbol for West Papuan nationalism.