A Privileged Defendant
So far, only small-fry security guards Rahmat and Tatang have been detained by the police. The guile of all the major witnesses, including Tommy, the accused, has apparently drawn no response at all from the prosecutor, police, or even the judges.
April 30, 2002
Tommy Suharto may well no longer be a free man. But the power of the youngest son of former president Suharto still seems to extend to the very heavens. Proof of this was evident when he smiled as if to bewitch two key witnesses, Noval Hadad and Mulawarman alias Mola, who are also the accused in the murder of Supreme Court Justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita. Wednesday last week, at Tommy's trial in Hall B of the Jakarta Fair Ground, both submitte
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