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Twitter celebrity named suspect

Jakarta Police have namedtwitter celebrityBenny Handoko as a suspect for alleged defamation on former House of Representatives legislator Muhammad Misbakhun

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Fri, May 24, 2013 Published on May. 24, 2013 Published on 2013-05-24T20:16:01+07:00

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akarta Police have namedtwitter celebrityBenny Handoko as a suspect for alleged defamation on former House of Representatives legislator Muhammad Misbakhun.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said as quoted by Tribunnews.com that an official letter had been sent to Benny requiring him to come to the police station for further questioning on Monday.

Misbakhun reported Benny in 2012 for claiming on the Twitter account @benhan that he was one of the "robbers" in the Bank Century bailout.

The account has over 44,000 followers.

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