A Grand Trial For An Empty Chair
People have speculated that Suharto will never show up at his own trial. It will take great courage for the judges to make a breakthrough, so that, for once, the Indonesian people will not be even more disappointed.
Tempo
September 18, 2000
AS predicted, former president Suharto once again failed to take the defendant’s chair. During the second court proceedings, on Thursday last week, five judges directly presided over by chairman of the South Jakarta District Court Lalu Mariyun, ended up trying an empty chair. As with the first trial on August 31, 2000, Suharto, who was dealt with charges of corruption of funds from seven foundations, failed to show up at the grand court ses
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