To the Victor the Spoils?

Guernsey’s appellate court ruled in favor of Tommy Suharto’s suit against the Indonesian government. The judge ordered the immediate end of the freezing of Rp540 billion belonging to the “Prince of Cendana.” The Indonesian government is preparing to restart the battle with Tommy.

January 20, 2009

THE 33-page ruling read out by presiding judge Geoffrey Charles Vos ended the battle between Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy Suharto) and the Indonesian government in the appellate court in Guernsey, Great Britain.

On Friday a fortnight ago, accompanied by two other judges, Clare Patricia Montgomery and Geoffrey Robert Rowland—also chairman of the appellate court—Vos declared that Garnet Investment Limited has the right over 36 million euros (eq

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