INDONESIA'S judges have become notorious for exonerating wealthy corruption suspects. Judges have been accused of ignoring prosecutor indictments in their endeavour to exonerate corruption suspects. Last Friday, January 10, a Central Jakarta District Court judicial panel chaired by Justice Amaruddin Zakaria exonerated former Bank Umum Nasional (BUN) owner and deputy commissioner, Kaharudin Ongko, of corruption charges.

Strangely, the panel