Legal Demand, Political Balance

The four-year jail term demanded by the public prosecutor for Akbar Tandjung is too light a sentence. But the court may decide differently in the final judgment.

July 30, 2002

The four-year jail term demanded by the public prosecutor for Akbar Tandjung, who is accused of corruption, does not seem to be just. It certainly is not commensurate with more than the 300 pages of legal reasoning the public prosecutor read out for seven hours against the Golkar leader on Wednesday last week. What is really unbalanced is the burden of proof presented and the light penalty demanded by the prosecutor. Under the law, the ma

...

More Articles