Jakarta, Aug. 15 -- President Prabowo Subianto, in his first State of the Nation Address, affirmed his commitment to taking all necessary measures to leverage Indonesia's wealth for the benefit of its people, preventing it from leaking abroad.

"Our country is currently witnessing an exponential outflow of its wealth, a condition I call a net outflow of national wealth," he told top government officials and legislators at the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Jakarta on Friday morning.

He assured the nation that his government would continue to work hard to find effective solutions to this urgent issue, warning it could turn Indonesia into a failed state if left unaddressed.

The president then stressed he wou...