Ensuring Legal Outcomes

The same panel of judges has been appointed to preside over the trials of Tommy Suharto and Akbar Tandjung. The addition of two extra judges may be a red herring. Is there any truth to rumors that the Supreme Court's deputy chairman intervened?

April 2, 2002

INDONESIA'S courts are being put to the test. Major cases are reaching the courts. However, now the courts themselves are on trial and deficiencies within the judiciary are becoming more apparent. One such example is the appointment of the same panel of judges to preside over the trials of Akbar Tandjung and Tommy Suharto.

According to DPR member Firman Jaya Daeli from PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle), there are ulterior moti

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