Suharto Should Face His Own Trial
Monday, September 11, 2000
Respondents to our poll were equally divided over Suharto’s ill health. Most agreed that the show must go on, though not at his Cendana residence.
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The unprecedented trial began August 31 at the Ministry of Agriculture auditorium in South Jakarta—the first of its kind in the history of independent Indonesia.
On trial for corruption was former president Suharto, yet for all the gravity of the occasion, the trial itself took on a theatrical air. The venue was spacious enough to accommodate hundreds of people, the seats neatly arranged and the decor reminiscent of a theater set.
It was
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