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Indonesia's Top Court Under Fire

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Nov 20, 2013
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The Indonesian public has lost much of its faith in the Constitutional Court, one of the country’s two highest tribunals, following the Oct. 3 arrest of former Chief Justice Akil Mochtar. There are now calls for a total replacement of all the other eight justices.

Mochtar’s arrest shocked the media and the country. That is because the court was establish…

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