Indonesian Officials Harass White House Pool Reporter After Harris-Widodo Meeting

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Indonesian Officials Harass White House Pool Reporter After Harris-Widodo Meeting

Indonesian security officials on Wednesday attempted to block a White House pool reporter from covering the summit between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in Jakarta. Indonesian security officials surrounded Patsy Widakuswara, an Indonesian American and VOA’s White House bureau chief, who was acting as the pool reporter for U.S. print and radio media covering the event. As the press pool was ushered ou…