Shot in the Dark?

A defendant convicted of involvement in a Surabaya drugs case escaped after his verdict was handed down. Caught and shot in the leg, he then confessed to having bribed the district attorney.

July 31, 2001

Marsillam Simandjuntak may consider himself lucky at having been appointed attorney general for just a few days. Formerly a prominent member of the Democracy Forum and a close friend of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, Marsillam would have surely been incensed at reports of corruption involving several state prosecutors, had he remained in charge of the Attorney General's Office (AGO). Muladi must have felt similar sentiments when serving ...

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