The Incorruptible Judge?

Originally a regional judge, he is now in charge of important court cases like the anti-corruption case of former president Suharto. Who is he?

October 23, 2000

EVERY morning at 8am, a gray Kijang Grand Extra van leaves Jalan Alam Segar, in Jakarta's up-market Pondok Indah housing estate, and heads off for the South Jakarta State Court office complex. Out of the vehicle emerges a well-built man wearing a dark blue safari suit. The journey takes about half an hour—if there's no traffic jam. Traffic jams are just one of many new experiences for the car's passenger: it's in fact only five months since he

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