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strong>May 6, online

Jakarta Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo on Monday handed over a guitar given to him by American heavy metal band Metallica to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to avoid any violation of the Corruption Law.

Metallica's bass player Robert Trujillo gave the Ibanez bass guitar to the governor through promoter Jonathan Liu who planned to hold a Metallica concert in Jakarta later this year.

Trujillo hand wrote a personal message on the guitar, saying 'Giving back! To Jokowi. Keep playing that cool funky bass.'

Your comments:

Yet another Joko publicity stunt for the media, it's getting a tad boring now. However, I would find it most amusing if the KPK did really prosecute him, but that is not going to happen

Joe

Very nice media stunt by the media darling Joko Widodo! And of course I hope KPK maintain its common sense and don't disgrace its good image by meddling with Metallica and Jokowi.

Sam Sylvester

Please KPK, don't waste your time with this guitar. There are so many cases of real corruption out there, which need attention.

Andy