Protecting Whom?

Trust magazine has been ordered to pay Rp1 billion for defamation, in a case exposing embezzlement at BNIeven though the plaintiff himself is being detained by the prosecution.

May 18, 2004

SIX years ago, reformasi bred enthusiasm to stamp out corruption, collusion and nepotism. Upholding the supremacy of the law was seen as the way to achieve this noble aim. But facts have shown that the number of indicted and imprisoned corruptors can be counted on the fingers of one hand, despite Indonesia being listed every year in the top five of the world's most corrupt nations. So it is only fitting, albeit ironic, that the justice system

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