Soeharto medical team sick<\/p>\n
From Meteor<\/p>\n
It is interesting to hear President Abdurrahman Wahid raise
\ndoubts about the work of the medical team assigned to examine
\nformer president Soeharto. I am sure that as the highest
\ngovernment official, Gus Dur, as the President is called, has not
\nspoken nonsense. Despite the medical team's denial that they
\nhelped protect Soeharto by deciding Soeharto is not fit to stand
\ntrial, I am inclined to agree with Gus Dur's suspicions.<\/p>\n
As someone who has kept up with the way the government is run,
\nparticularly during the New Order era, I am not surprised to hear
\nGus Dur's statement about the medical team. It is a public secret
\nthat professionals, including lawyers, doctors, police officers
\nand military officers, have often been manipulated. We have often
\nheard retired lawyers lament the decay of Indonesia's legal
\ninstitutions. Doctors are no exception. Just take the abortion
\ncases which have made headlines across the country. Money is the
\nculprit in all of these cases.<\/p>\n
To go back to Soeharto's case, it is very likely that there
\nhas been collusion between the medical team and Soeharto's side.
\nLarge sums of money must be involved here. This is not an
\nallegation; it is only a suspicion. It is the prevailing
\ncircumstances that have made us harbor such suspicions. The
\nconclusion is that it is indeed necessary to set up a more
\nindependent and more professional medical team to check
\nSoeharto's health.<\/p>\n
AHMAD BADJURI<\/p>\n
Bogor, West Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/soeharto-medical-team-sick-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }