Indonesian newspaper depicts Prime Minister Tony Abbott as a deviant The front page of the Indonesian newspaper Rakyat Merdeka Source: Supplied TONY Abbott has been depicted as a naked, masturbating, Peeping Tom on the front page of an Indonesian newspaper. In new nadir for Australian-Indonesian relations after revelations the Rudd government bugged political leaders' phones, the Prime Minister has been lampooned in a respected newspaper. The Rakyat Merdeka depicts Mr Abbott masturbating in front of an open door marked Indonesia saying, "Ssst! Oh My God Indo ... So Sexy. Mr Abbott is sweating, with his shorts at half mast and is wearing Australian flag underpants. A spokesman for Mr Abbott had no comment on the cartoon last night. Protesters burned Australian flags in Jakarta last week as political leaders expressed outrage at the surveillance. Mr Abbott confirmed yesterday he has exchanged letters with Indonesia over the spy claims but would not disclose the contents. It's understood the correspondence does not contain a formal apology. "Well, I think it would be wrong of me to talk about what I've said to the President before the President has actually received it," Mr Abbott said. But I just want to stress that as far as I am concerned one of the fundamental tasks of any Australian government, but certainly one of the fundamental tasks of my Government, is to ensure that our relationship with Indonesia goes from strength to strength. Now, obviously there will be good days and there will be better days but my determination is to ensure that the relationship is constantly improving and my gratitude, as always, to President Yudhoyono who has been a very good friend to Australia, one of the best friends we've ever had. Australian officials have also described the phone bugging revelations as "not helpful" to the task of convincing the president to intervene in the Bali 9 case. Without a presidential reprieve, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran face death by firing squad. The spying revelations emerged last week in documents leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.