The Constitutional Court's Counteroffensive

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud Md. and judge Akil Mochtar have reported lawyer Refly Harun to the KPK. Now Refly, who was originally commissioned by Mahfud to investigate reports of corruption in his court, finds himself on the defensive.

December 15, 2010

Heavy rain pounded down on the plush Pondok Indah housing complex in South Jakarta, last September 22. That afternoon, lawyer Refly Harun, who specializes in administrative cases, and colleague and lawyer Maheswara Prabandono, were making their way to one of the houses in the complex. Its owner, Jopinus Ramli Saragih, the recently elected regent of Simalungun, North Sumatra, was waiting for them. After they were ushered into the drawing room, a m

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