ANISAH SHOFIAWATI
The Wing-Beats of a Lady Judge
Starting as an NGO activist, Anisah Shofiawati joined the judiciary. She is firm and never hesitates to dissent from her superiors. Anisah rejects gratuities from litigating parties. She staunchly keeps to the words of her father, also a former judge: be an honest and clean judge.
August 11, 2010
ONE day in the middle of 2008, four unidentified men with sturdy physiques were watching the official residence of Anisah Shofiawati in Lahat, South Sumatra. They walked to and fro in front of the house, peeking at the yard now and again. This happened for four days and nights. “They asked neighbors if it was really the house of a judge, a woman and still single,” said Anisah two weeks ago.
Anisah Shofiawati, residing in the house, was handl
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