Sickening Smiles

Wahyu Hidayat's torturers, STPDN students, only received light jail sentences. They were not proven guilty of murder.

April 20, 2004

WITH well-built bodies and crew cut hair, they stopped in procession out of the main courtroom of the Sumedang District Court, West Java, last Thursday afternoon. They bowed their heads and did not say a single word. But in the courtyard, their faces turned joyful. When their friends congratulated them, their young faces beamed.

They could not hide their happiness after hearing the panel of judges, chaired by Agung Raharjo, announce the ve

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