The `Supreme' Art of Escapology

Two Supreme Court staff members have been dismissed after being declared guilty on criminal charges, but judges still seem above the law.

January 14, 2003

INDONESIAN law is often discriminating—it applies to petty criminals but not to the powerful. Two weeks ago, two Supreme Court staff members were dismissed after being found guilty on criminal charges. Based on internal investigations conducted by the Supreme Court, Military Criminal Law clerk, Eka Indra Kumala Djuwita, was found guilty of forging letters to postpone decisions made by Deputy to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ta

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