The Twilight Zone

A Medan businessman was jailed for embezzlement, only to be released a year later by the Supreme Court. Now he wants to sue the judge and prosecutors who sent him to jail.

June 12, 2001

Karim Tano Tjandra is a lucky man. He is out of jail and a free man again. This may be something of a surprise, as the Supreme Court concluded that the embezzlement he was accused of really had occurred. It also concluded it was a civil matter, not a criminal one. At the very least, Karim has benefited from the gray area between criminal law and civil law. This former Medan scrap metal dealer was convicted last year of embezzling Rp30.9 billi...

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