Tommy’s Calculated Clemency Appeal

Tommy Suharto has pleaded for clemency, but refrained from admitting any guilt. President Abdurrahman Wahid rejected the appeal straight out, without even taking time to receive necessary inputs.

October 9, 2000

FOR longer than anyone care to remember, people have been saying that the law in Indonesia is like rubber: it can be stretched to accommodate. Coincidently, many people are now shooting their mouths off when talking about the law. Hutomo Mandala Putra, for one. He pleaded for forgiveness from the President, without showing even the slightest hint of remorse. As for President Abdurrahman Wahid, he blatantly refused to forgive and forget, even thou

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