SUSPICIONS of legal infractions in the trial of Amir Machmud must not be covered up. The driver for the National Narcotics Board was jailed for four years without being indicted as a suspect. Amir only heard the verdict of the West Jakarta District Court from his wife after he had been in jail for one year.

The police detained Amir during a raid of entertainment places on December 19, 2007. He was caught red-handed with an ecstasy pill—while A