Arranged Acquittal?
Two Supreme Court judges had dealings with a well-known 'broker' prior to bringing in their historic verdict on Tommy Suharto. To avoid the storm of criticism, Justice Taufiq has taken off for the Middle East on the minor pilgrimage of.
October 16, 2001
The 'not guilty' verdict reached by the Supreme Court (MA) in its review of the Tommy Suharto case is still drawing fire. In fact, the 15 members of theHouse of Representative's Commission II urged Chief Justice Bagir Manan on Wednesday of last week to establish an investigation team to look into the processes applied and the decision reached by the MA's review panel, and also to cleanse the nation's highest judicial body of corruption. If the all...