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Indonesia: Free Starbucks coffee for voters

Written byMong Palatino

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Posted 10 April 2009 2:18 GMT

April 9 is Indonesia's Election Day. Starbucks announces it will give a free cup of coffee to voters. This leads blogger Multibrand to ask if Starbucks is sponsoring the Indonesian elections.

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  • greg

    I’m really dumbfounded by how cynical Starbucks is by continuing to soft-bribe people into voting, when it’s illegal in a lot of countries for very good reasons.

    10 April 2009, 16:41 pm
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