Former dictator Suharto glued to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"

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JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesia's former dictator Suharto, accused of amassing billions of dollars during his rule, rarely misses an episode of television quiz "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", a report said.

"Grandfather often watches 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' that is his favorite show," the Detikcom online news service quoted one of Suharto's granddaughters, Gendis Siti Hatmanti as saying.

Since his resignation amid mounting public protests in 1998, Suharto, 84, has lived in seclusion at his private residence in a posh residential area of Central Jakarta, making only rare appearances.

Hatmanti, the daughter of Suharto's second eldest son Bambang Trihatmojo, speaking while distributing alms at a mosque here, said that her grandfather rarely missed the...