SIX years ago, the nations largest corruption case stalled due to one simple reasonpermanent brain damage. The corruption case involved Suhartos seven social foundations with a net worth of Rp1.7 trillion and US$419 million. One year later, the Supreme Court upheld the South Jakarta District Court verdict.

At the time, people had hoped that Suharto would be retried after recovering his health. The Supreme Court verdict also allowed for this possi