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Unprecedented Fallout from Indonesian Revenge Murder

Top cop jailed after trying to cover up killing of driver

Our Correspondent
Aug 10, 2022
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The announcement by officials in Jakarta that one of the National Police’s most feared top officers has been arrested on suspicion of the revenge shooting of a subordinate who was believed to be having an affair with his wife is unprecedented in Indonesia. It also, human rights advocates and others hope, represents a watershed for one of Southeast Asia’…

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