Bail—a Profitable Business

In the wake of fugitive David Nusa Wijaya's successful escape from law enforcers, another two prominent criminals have recently been granted bail in Bandung.

October 1, 2002

INDONESIA'S judges could be suffering from short-term memory loss. In May 2002, the former president director of Bank Umum Servita, David Nusa Wijaya, successfully evaded a Jakarta High Court verdict ordering his immediate imprisonment. Convicted by the court for embezzling Rp1.3 trillion in state funds, Wijaya only spent a short time behind bars at an Attorney General's Office (AGO) cell, before he was released on bail by a district court j

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