Indonesia should argue these leaks are as false as the last Just two years ago other leaks outraged the Indonesians: INDONESIA demanded, and received, an expression of regret from the US ambassador in Jakarta yesterday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphatically denied allegations in US diplomatic cables that he and his family were implicated in corruption. The allegations, revealed in The Age yesterday and based on cables obtained by WikiLeaks, created a media storm in Indonesia as the country's foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, hauled in US ambassador Scot Marciel to formally lodge a ""strong protest"..." Dr Yudhoyono, meanwhile, said The Age had breached the ""universal journalism code of ethics"" by publishing details of the cables without asking him for comment beforehand. ""The President is absolutely not happy with the false coverage, full of lies, run in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age,"" according to a statement ""sent on behalf of the President"" by his senior spokesman, Daniel Sparingga... The cables from the US embassy in Jakarta, sent between 2004 and 2010, contained a series of startling but unverified allegations about the conduct of Dr Yudhoyono, his wife and family. Among the allegations were that Dr Yudhoyono ordered a corruption investigation into political powerbroker Taufik Kiemas be dropped and that he received funds from controversial businessman Tomy Winata via a middleman. Which suggests a neat face-saver. Surely Indonesia can argue that leaked intelligence is notoriously inaccurate, and leaks suggesting we spied on the President's phone are as improbable as leaks suggesting the President is implicated in corruption. Reader Miles.