Judge Herman Allosintadi was in low spirits when Tempo visited him in his cell last week. The 51-year old judge was being visited by his wife, who had just arrived from Surabaya. I made a mistake. I forgot this was Jakarta, said the District Court Judge, who had been serving only eight months at the South Jakarta District Court before his arrest.

Prior to his posting at the South Jakarta District Court, Herman was chief judge at the Mojokerto Dis