Law only for ordinary people

Law only for ordinary people

From Warta Kota

Four of seven treasure hunters who allegedly dug up the Bogor Botanical Gardens have been taken into custody by the Bogor Police for violating the cultural heritage law.

If this law applied to all citizens, Minister of Religious Affairs Said Agil Al Munawar should have also been held responsible for allegedly ordering the excavation of treasure believed to be buried at the Batu Tulis archeological site in Bogor some time ago.

For the sake of upholding justice, it would only be proper if the seven suspects who were recently arrested received the same treatment as did the religious affairs minister.

Are the suspects being detained because they are ordinary citizens? If that is the case, then the law indeed only applies to the man on the street. Quo vadis, our nation?

RUDI SANJAYA Depok, West Java