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President Prabowo meets actor Steven Seagal

Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Angga Raka Prabowo, who is also a long-time aide to the President said that the two had known each other for 35 years and their meeting on Monday was a chance encounter.

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President Prabowo meets actor Steven Seagal President Prabowo Subianto (center) holds a conversation with United States actor Steven Seagal (right) on Jan. 13, 2025, in a hotel in South Jakarta. (The Jakarta Post/Instagram/2.prabowo)

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n aide to President Prabowo Subianto confirmed on Monday that the President had a brief encounter with United States martial artist and actor Steven Seagal, claiming that the two were old friends.

Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Angga Raka Prabowo, who is also a long-time aide to the President, said that the two had known each other for 35 years and their meeting on Monday was a chance encounter.

"They have known each other for 35 years, first when Pak PS was still commander of the Army’s Special Forces. This was when Steven still gave training on martial arts," Angga said, as quoted by Antara, referring to Prabowo by his initials.

Angga said that regarding the brief encounter between the President and Seagal, they happened to be in the same building when the meeting took place.

"I was holding this lunch meeting with Pak Prabowo in this location in Jakarta. When we got out of the elevator, we saw Steven Seagal exiting the elevator next to ours and then they said hi," Angga said.

An Instagram account @2.prabowo uploaded a video of Prabowo and Seagal engaging in a conversation in the lobby of an unspecified hotel in Jakarta.

Prabowo's meeting with Seagal, who is known worldwide for martial arts films like Under Siege and Fire Down Below took place days after the Hollywood star met with the President's former wife and daughter of former president Soeharto Siti Hedijati "Titiek" Hariadi.

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