Indonesia election: 270 officials die as overwork takes toll in huge poll

Electoral commission says most died from fatigue due caused by long hours counting millions of ballots

Ten days after Indonesia held the world’s biggest single-day elections, officials say more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related illneses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand.

The 17 April elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with an aim to cut costs.

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