Between the Eel and the Mouse Deer
Wahid's lawyer charges the police have gone too far in questioning the former president for his alleged involvement in a Rp20 billion case of bribery. Not only is there a lack of evidence, he says, but the suspects too are still at large.
January 15, 2002
It's gone too far. That's how lawyer Luhut Pangaribuan describes the action of the National Police in summoning former president Wahid to the police headquarters to explain his alleged role in a Rp20 billion case of bribery involving Hutomo Mandala Putra, the son of Wahid's predecessor, Suharto. Hutomo, now in police detention on charges of murder and corruption, was said to have given the money through Dodi Sumadi and Kiai Sidik, two confirmed
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