Thwarting Tommy's Tactics

The DPR has just enacted a new law on clemency. It will no longer be possible to avoid imprisonment while an appeal for pardon or request for a case review is being considered.

October 1, 2002

THE tactics used by Tommy Suharto to defeat the law have a bright side. Indonesian lawmakers have since been more careful. In a recent debate in the House of Representatives (DPR) on a bill on amnesty, the legislators made sure that no such loopholes as had been exploited by Tommy to avoid imprisonment were incorporated into the new law. The bill passed into law on Thursday last week and makes it impossible for a convict to misuse his right t

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