CONVICTED corruptor Probosutedjo claims that he paid Rp16 billion in bribes to secure a favorable verdict in his case. Yet, now he finds himself serving a four-year prison sentence, having been convicted of misappropriating Rp100.93 in state reforestation funds.

Probosutedjo has spent a fortune attempting to bend the law in his favor. On October 11, Probosutedjo told Judicial Commission members that he had spent Rp16 billion on securing a favorab