Police lose Suharto's son

Jakarta - Indonesian authorities, lampooned for bungling their two-month search for the fugitive son of former president Suharto…

Jakarta - Indonesian authorities, lampooned for bungling their two-month search for the fugitive son of former president Suharto, finally got their man recently - only to let him slip through their fingers yet again.

Recounting the latest episode in the "Tommy" Suharto saga to incredulous worshippers at a mosque in Jakarta, President Abdurrahman Wahid did not say when or precisely where the botched attempt to bring him in occurred.

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