Jettisoning Justice?

Two witnesses have testified against a senior judge accused of receiving millions of rupiah in bribes. Will his fellow judges protect him?

November 13, 2001

FAUZATULO Zendrato may be the first judge to be punished for bribery. A judge at the Jakarta Court of Appeals, Zendrato is only sessions away before the South Jakarta District Court where he is on trial makes its final decision. On Wednesday last week, witnesses' testimonies and evidential documents corroborated charges that he had received Rp550 million in bribes from a realtor company in Surabaya. Emi Retno Ernawati, head teller at a Bank Mandir...

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