At The Gates Of Liberty

It is likely that the Supreme Court will grant Akbar Tandjungs appealand that the Golkar chair will dominate the partys convention.

February 10, 2004

HUNDREDS of students staged a rally at Jakartas Supreme Court building on Wednesday last week. Gathered in the front yard off Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara, they demanded that the court uphold the sentence handed down on Akbar Tandjung, who was earlier convicted of manipulating the Rp40 billion State Logistics Agency (Bulog) fund. That afternoon, five members of the panel of appeal judges were deliberating over an appeal that Akbar, Chairman of th

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