THE hustle and bustle at the Central Jakarta District Court Tuesday last week seemed to increase Zaenal Ma’arif’s tension. Appearing more quiet, this former House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker sometimes smiled while constantly smoking. In one corner of the second floor, he, the defendant, sat waiting for the fifth court session to hear the case of the defamation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Zaenal, who is charged with the