Public Prosecutorsthe Weakest Link?

August 20, 2002

Law in Indonesia is extremely flexibleit can be turned upside down, pulled, pushed, stretched or shrunk into any form. And Indonesias public prosecutors have the power to manipulate it any way they want.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) recently identified six methods used by public prosecutors to manipulate the outcome of cases, including extortion, negotiating the status of cases, negotiating indictments and terms of release of defendants, obst

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