Labora's Miracle in Court
The Sorong State Court has sentenced Labora Sitorus to two years in jail. The policeman with the Rp1.5 trillion bank account was acquitted of money laundering charges. But he will not escape public pressure.
February 25, 2014
THE SOUND of clapping reverberated throughout the courtroom. Outside, in Sorong, Papua, hundreds of supporters of the man on trial, Chief Brig. Labora Sitorus, erupted in cheers. They apparently could not contain their happiness on Monday morning last week after the panel of judges only gave Labora a two-year jail sentence and a meager Rp50 million fine. When Labora stood up from the accused's chair at the end of the trial, dozens of people crowde
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