AFTER a trial that has lasted for four months, the court will pronounce its verdict on Antasari Azhar, former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), in the middle of this week. We hope that a major mystery will be solved: was the former prosecutor really the brains behind the premeditated murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, or is he merely the victim of a conspiracy as his defense lawyers contend.

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