Fraud
The Farcical Trial of Daniel Sinambela
Daniel Sinambela, the former business associate of top graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin, is sentenced to jail. Prosecutors however had failed to present Yulianis, a crucial witness in the case who happened to be the bookkeeper and right-hand person of Nazaruddin, the former Democrat Party treasurer.
November 2, 2011
Delayed for a little over eight hours, the trial hearing just started after sunset. Sitting in the defendant's seat last Monday, Daniel T.F. Sinambela listened as judges took turns to read out the ruling. Daniel had no lawyers accompanying him during the final, crucial moments of the trial. His lawyer, Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, walked out of the South Jakarta District Court an hour before the trial hearing began. They had disappointed with the long
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