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