Courtroom Dramatics

For the first time, testimony in an Indonesian trial is given through a videoconference. But Habibie's testimony from Germany was not meaningful and carried no legal impact.

July 9, 2002

Like beating on a hollow drum, noisy and loud, but empty. That is an apt simile for the event that took place at the South Jakarta District Court, Tuesday afternoon last week. Former President Habibie testified through a videoconference from Hamburg, Germany. The explanation given by Habibie, who could not come to Indonesia because he must continue his vigil at the bedside of his sick wife, was considered important in the case of the misuse o

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