Conjuring up Karni for Kasiem

It was easy and cost only Rp10 million to find a surrogate for an inmate. Only five days after the trick was unveiled, a prosecutor was dismissed.

January 12, 2011

YAYUK, 53, wanted to visit Kasiem at the Class-IIA penitentiary in Bojonegoro on Friday two weeks ago. A prison officer brought the convict she wished to see. “Why, this is not Bu Kasiem,” remarked Yayuk, totally flabbergasted.

The woman before her, the inmate, was no less bewildered. Hardly had Yayuk repeated her question when the inmate embraced and whispered something in the ear of the middle-aged woman. Not more than five minutes later,

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