WHAT is the point of discussing things that are unlikely to happen?

The idea of putting former President Suharto on trial, which has been heard often recently, is now as unlikely as draining the oceans. A waste of time. The idea is far too late, and it seems rather indelicate to discuss it at a time when the man is at death’s door.

Suharto, the man in question, has been treated at the Pertamina Central Hospital for the past nine days and his