Former attorney-general Apandi Ali's alleged role in brokering freedom for Indonesian graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra, who is said to be in Malaysia, surfaced during the Indonesian current affairs talk show, Mata Najwa, last night.

The host Najwa Shihab had posed the question to Indonesia's former attorney-general HM Prasetyo (above), who in turn claimed that Apandi suggested dropping a 2009 conviction against the businessperson....