Sweeping Clean

Judges are now being sanctioned against corruption. Following an initial sanctioning of a dozen, another 11 judges are in Minister Lopa's sights. But Supreme Court judges remain just out of reach—for now.

April 10, 2001

Minister of Justice & Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa seems to be in a race against the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) memorandum against the president. Lopa, appointed only eight days after the DPR delivered memorandum I (the first warning) to President Abdurrahman Wahid in early February 2001, is unable to influence the outcome of whether memorandum II will be issued. But the former Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia remains focused ...

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