The Faulty Judges

Three judges of the Bandung Corruption Court are in the public spotlight after acquitting the Mayor of Bekasi in a corruption case. One of them was once accused of corruption and the others were reported to the Judicial Commission.

October 19, 2011

THE 60-year-old man was striding across the yard of the Bandung District Court on Thursday last week. In his dark-blue short-sleeved jacket, he was in a hurry. He was entering his room in a western corner of the court office complex. He was a bit surprised Tempo greeted him that morning, but the ad-hoc judge calmly responded. The old man was Ramlan Comel, a member of the judicial panel acquitting inactive Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Mohammad of charges

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