Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday told a pre-poll corruption check that he was worth 4.57 billion rupiah (S$848,000), a sum likely to be dwarfed by rival Megawati Sukarnoputri.

The former general faces Ms Megawati in the September 20 elections. The sum is unlikely to match the wealth of Ms Megawati, who is married to one of Indonesia's richest businessmen. At her last declaration in 2001, her worth stood at 59.81 billion rupiah.

Mr Bambang has also rejected rumours that he and his party have received foreign funding.