The Good, The Bad, and The Newly Exonerated
With Akbar down on his knees, Surya Paloh couldn't restrain himself, Wiranto recalibrated, unaffected, and the Sultan gracefully bowed out.
February 19, 2002
EVERYTHING changed in the late afternoon. At 3:30pm last Thursday, the atmosphere in the living room of Golkar Party Chairman Akbar Tandjung's residence suddenly became very jovial. But earlierwhen at 10am the Supreme Court judges commenced announcing their latest rulingthe entire household was tense and silent, because the judges, all knew, might or might not overturn Akbar's conviction for corruption in the misuse of Rp40 billion
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