Former President Suharto's favorite son always smiles and laughs at his trial. That's what he did when he was grilled as a defendant last week Wednesday at the office hall of the Meteorological & Geophysical Agency at Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

He was quite smooth in answering questions posed by the panel of judges headed by Amiruddin Zakaria or by public prosecutor Hasan Madani. Were Tommy's smiles a signal that he has the law still firm