No hard feelings, says Bagir

No hard feelings, says Bagir

JAKARTA: Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan said the new
justices assigned to hear the appeal case of Probosutedjo would
not aim to seek revenge because of the businessman's admission
that he had paid bribes to judges and prosecutors.

"Why we should seek revenge? We are judges and I told Pak
Probo that there would be no hard feelings," Bagir said on
Wednesday.

Previously, Probosutedjo reported that he had paid Rp 6
billion (US$600,000) in bribes to Bagir and other justices
through his lawyer Harini Wijoso to get himself acquitted. The
Jakarta High Court had upheld his sentence of two years
imprisonment for the embezzlement of reforestation funds.

Bagir said that the new panel of judges would surely be
objective in delivering a verdict. -- Antara