Same Case, Different Decisions
The different verdicts handed down by the Supreme Court in the cases of Romli Atmasasmita and Syamsudin Manan Sinaga aroused concern. The court is said to have exceeded its jurisdiction.
January 5, 2011
ROMLI Atmasasmita chose the Grand Cafe in the Hotel Grand Hyatt, Jakarta to meet his lawyers on Tuesday afternoon of last week. He was in high spirits and wanted to talk to his counselors about the Supreme Court’s decision acquitting him of corruption charges two weeks earlier.
Romli said that he had heard the news from the media. On that Tuesday, he was meeting his lawyers to have his travel ban lifted. Since becoming a defendant, the Padjadj
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