Corruption Court Judges
Overlooking Procedure

Following public objections, the Supreme Court finally withdrew nine judges appointed as justices for the Corruption Court.

April 21, 2009

A BARRAGE of protests finally made Supreme Court Chief Justice Harifin Tumpa take action. Friday last week, in his office, Harifin stated that the Supreme Court had cancelled its letter of assignment signed for nine supreme judges. “There are procedures that had been skipped over,” he said.

Previously Harifin had issued a decree that had infuriated anticorruption activists. Through the March 18 decree, Harifin appointed nine new judges to pr

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