Jakarta: Bright Lights, Lighter Sentences
August 13, 2002
In Jakarta, our center of governance and the main barometer of the law, those accused of corruption seem to be the ones reigning supreme. They not only need not be detained, but also at worst only receive light punishment. There are even many who are freed of all charges. For example, take the corruption case of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) of Rp169 billion, with the accused Samadikun Hartono. The ex-President Commissioner of
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