Political Foes and Legal Woes

Tuesday, October 2, 2001

Abdurrahman Wahid has been ordered to pay compensation for damaging the reputation of Suripto. Were he still president, perhaps the court's verdict would be different?

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It seems that 2001 is not to be Abdurrahman Wahid's year. Only a few months ago the charismatic Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader was impeached by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), having only served one year and nine months of his five-year term as president. Last Monday, the Central Jakarta District Court ordered Gus Dur, as Wahid is fondly known, to pay Rp500 million compensation to Suripto, the former secretary-general of the now defunct fore...

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