Justice or Fightback?

Two of the president’s chief political enemies will soon be questioned on corruption claims. Will they be under arrest before he is out of office?

June 12, 2001

Is Baharuddin Lopa really the knight in shining armor that the Indonesian legal system needs? Is he a king of justice who uses the good book of the Indonesian law the way God might, laying out judgments on the pure basis of right and wrong? Or is he a political bulldozer who is turning the law into the politicians’ latest toy? The true contents of his heart are being tested right now.

And the results should be out soon, judging by the spee

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