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Comments on other issues: Soeharto foundation buys time
Soeharto - JP Sept
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Soeharto - JP
Sept. 21, p4
The Supersemar Foundation has said it will not pay a court-ordered fine of Rp 4.4 trillion (US$305.3 million) for misuse of its scholarship funds until it receives an official notice to do so from the Supreme Court.
Although the Supreme Court reached its decision last month, the South Jakarta District Court, the court that originally heard the case, only received the notice on Tuesday.
Denny Kailimang, a lawyer representing the foundation, which is owned by the family of former president Soeharto, told The Jakarta Post that he was not aware of the notice having been issued.
'As of today, we have not received any notice. We will wait for the notice from the [South Jakarta District] court and it is up to the prosecutors to decide what happens next,' he said on Saturday.
Your comments:
A strong Attorney General's Office (AGO) wouldn't say 'We will work it out'.
A strong AGO would say 'You owe us by court decree so pay up or else'.
Simaging
Payment should be no problem. Surely 'his' foundation and the surviving family have plenty to pay and will still have leftover to play with.
Surely there will be multibillion rupiah deals made with many benefiting. It's unlikely the government will get any of it, which could be used for many things to improve the livelihood of many, instead of a few corrupt officials.
Willo
