Convict or Fugitive?

Tommy Suharto has decided not to appeal. He should just ask for pardon and repent.

August 6, 2002

Having missed the deadline for his appeal, Hutomo Mandala Putra, youngest son of ex-President Suharto, is now officially a convict. The deadline for his appeal expired last week. At a press conference, Tommy, as he is familiarly known, said that it's not possible to obtain justice in this current atmosphere, and because of that he will wait until a time when "the government truly upholds the law".

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