A most serious legal test case

A most serious legal test case

The case involving the mismanagement of Bank Indonesia's
liquidity support (BLBI) money (for troubled private banks) will
be the final test case for the Attorney General's Office. If it
dallies, it is certain to face serious problems. The recent
acquittal of (Bank Bali scandal suspect) Joko Tjandra by the
South Jakarta District Court, for example, prompted a reaction
from the World Bank. The same thing is sure to happen in the BLBI
case if the Attorney General's Office continues to trifle with
it.

The problem, however, is that Indonesia is still highly
dependent on the assistance of both the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund. If either of them should protest, it
will be the Indonesian people who will suffer the consequences.
Hope, however, exists because (Attorney General) Marzuki Darusman
can be expected to be serious in performing his duties.
Indonesians are tired of having to listen to jokes where
Indonesia is the most corrupt country where corruptors are never
found. The Attorney General's Office must put a stop to such
jokes.

-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta