A Memory-Loss Defense

Nunun Nurbaetie Daradjatun failed to comply with a court summons on the grounds of severe “illness.” Yet she holds the key responsibility for the initial disbursal of travelers checks to assembly members.

April 7, 2010

SEVERE memory loss, vertigo and migraine headaches. These are the three ailments used by Nunun Nurbaetie as grounds not to appear in the trail of Dudhie Makmun Murod at the Corruption Court on Thursday last week.

The explanation from Doctor Andreas Harry, who practices at the Gading Pluit Hospital, was read out to the court by presiding judge Nani Indrawati. “The judges do not really believe it,” said Nani. She then explicitly stated the jud

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