Just Deserts

A sentence of life imprisonment for a corruptor is deemed appropriate. Aside from handing out a lesson, it is also intended to satisfy the people's sense of justice.

April 5, 2005

THIEF beware or you will end up for the rest of your life in prison. That was essentially the message the judge conveyed when he sentenced Adrian Waworuntu to life imprisonment at the South Jakarta District Court last Wednesday on corruption charges. Corruption is almost the same as stealing, taking from someone else by illegal means. This is a sign that the people's demand for a sense of justice has been fulfilled.

The corruption case at

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