One Step Closer to Kaban

Anggoro appeared emotionally defeated as the Corruption Court judges read out his verdict: five years behind bars and a Rp250 million fine. "I accept it," Anggoro said softly when the presiding judge, Nani Indrawati, asked the director-cum-owner of Masaro Radiokom if he had a response on Wednesday afternoon two weeks ago.

Only those words emerged from the 61-year-old man's mouth. Upon leaving the courtroom, Anggoro stayed silent as reporters fired questions at him. His attorney, Thomson Situmeang, said his client had resigned himself to his fate over the court ruling in the scandal, one of corruption in the Forestry Ministry's Integrated Radio Communication System project. "He's exhausted," said Thomson. "In his defense plea, he stated he would not appeal the verdict, whatever it was."

July 15, 2014