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Smiling is a universal language. It’s positive energy. So, when somebody smiles at you, normally you feel secure and develop some kind of trust in him or her. Likewise, when you smile, you share with the people around you the good feelings inside you.

Ironically, some people’s smiles have stirred outrage in Indonesia lately. Yes, we are talking about the seemingly shameless smiles exhibited by graft suspects and convicts. (By Pandaya)

Your comments:

Sad to say, this incredibly immoral situation only happens in Indonesia where corruption is the norm and the few people who get caught are considered to be having occasional “bad luck” by their peers which include judges, lawyers and law enforcers, who are equally as corrupt.

And the corrupt officials who happen to handle the case will take this as “golden opportunity” to get a share of the money allegedly being swindled. One man’s “bad luck” is another man’s payday, a redistribution of wealth among the same corrupt people.

The corrupt convicts and law enforcers should form an alliance for a win-win solution. And the results will ensure that they will all grin and smile all the time.

The true loss is of course suffered by the millions of hardworking people who diligently pay taxes from their hard-earned money.

Henry Pribadi

The only solution is an audit of all accounts of the family by the tax department.

Successful tax ministries in the modern world require that all funds and assets have proven sources, that is “guilty until proved innocent”. This includes all personal associates, including neighbors, of the audited individual.

They will not be smiling when they know that their family is bankrupt when they get out of jail.

 Brien

The sentences are far too lenient and I don’t understand why they just don’t seize their assets and their relatives’ bank accounts as well as theirs. They give them a joke of a fine and send them to a cushy jail.

Pathetic but money talks and you are dealing with the old school all the way up to the top.

Joe H.