PILES of documents were neatly arranged on the table of Chairman for Judicial Supervision and Investigation of the Judicial Commission, Suparman Marzuki. Of the hundreds of reports on breaches of the judicial code of conduct, 10 files deal with judge Syarifuddin Umar. “They’re mostly bribery allegations,” Suparman told Tempo on Wednesday last week.

Dates of the papers show Syarifuddin was already reported to the commission in September 200