Christmas present for Soeharto<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Supreme Court will officially wash its hands of
\nailing former president Soeharto's on again off again trial.<\/p>\n
\"The authority to decide on whether or not Soeharto will be
\ntaken to court lies exclusively with the Attorney Generals'
\nOffice,\" Chief Justice Bagir Manan said in a legal opinion for
\nthe Attorney General.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office sought the Supreme Court's legal
\nopinion after a team of doctors from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
\nin Jakarta stated that Soeharto was too ill to stand trial.<\/p>\n
The doctors claimed that Soeharto had serious heart and brain
\nproblems that made him physically and mentally unfit to sit in a
\ntrial. They said that Soeharto's ailments could not be cured by
\navailable medical approaches.<\/p>\n
Soeharto was being investigated for allegedly misusing
\ntaxpayers' money through various foundations he chaired until he
\nfell from power in 1998.<\/p>\n
He began his career as a middle class military officer and
\nafter taking over the presidency in 1965, soon became one of the
\nwealthiest men in the world.<\/p>\n
\"The Criminal Code states that the prosecutor has the
\nauthority to bring a case to a court of justice,\" Bagir told
\nreporters. --JP<\/p>",
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