The old afflication

The old afflication

Reading the cover story of the previous edition of KONTAN on the source of the wealth of (Indonesian) judges, I felt very concerned. The report clearly show how law enforcers have committed dishonorable and immoral acts.

A judge, whose salary is only Rp 5 million, can buy a Rp 500 million house in cash, while some other judges have deposits of around Rp 10 billion.

Even more saddening, one of the judges who is now being investigated over alleged corruption revealed that some of his money came from tokens of gratitude from those favored by the judges in court. How crazy!

This reality has no doubt inflicted more damage on the prestige of our judiciary.

Everybody is now aware that most of the people involved in our judicial system are corrupt.

Will such a situation be taken for granted? If so, what's the difference between the Old Order and the Reform Order?

ASEP KUSUMAH

Bandung