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