The Usual Suspects

The Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing case is now being tried. Will the suspects be proven guilty or are they nothing more than scapegoats?

April 17, 2001

LIFE in prison turns out to be more pleasant than being in police detention. So claims Tengku Ismuhadi Jafar, the alleged culprit in the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSE) bombing case. The 33-year-old defendant says he feels happier in the Cipinang, East Jakarta, prison than when he was in Jakarta Police custody. Although being in prison or in police detention means incarceration between walls and behind bars, "In Cipinang prison, at least I don&

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