Who Shot the Judge?
Who shot Supreme Court judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita? And more important, who ordered his killing? Police investigators assume it was someone he had sentenced in his work. Attention is again on Indonesia's missing bad boy, Tommy Suharto.
August 7, 2001
As former president Abdurrahman Wahid was about to end his sit-in at Merdeka palace, a new and sinister crime occurred. Supreme Court judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita was shot dead outside his Jakarta home. Some 10 days on, police have not got very far yet in finding out who killed him or why.
Around 38 witnesses have been questioned, including four other Supreme Court judges and Kartasasmita's junior wife. Her evidence has proved intriguing, s
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