Mega told to swear in anticorruption judges

Mega told to swear in anticorruption judges

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has asked President Megawati
Soekarnoputri to swear in Anticorruption Court judges to speed
up the trial of corruption cases.

"We have sent a letter to the President, but there has been no
response yet," Chief Justice Bagir Manan told reporters on
Thursday. He did not say when his office sent the letter.

The Anticorruption Law stipulates that Anticorruption Court
judges shall be sworn in by the president. Judges for other
courts are sworn in by the chief justice.

The court will try corruption cases handled by the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK). --JP