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Supporters might suggest it was his untroubled conscience that allowed Hutomo Mandala Putra, more familiarly known as Tommy Suharto, to snore through the storming of a rented luxury house by 25 armed police officers. Cynics, on the other hand, might argue that Indonesia's most famous fugitive was taking a mid-afternoon nap in the two-story home in suburban south Jakarta, confident that he faced little chance of serving anything but a nominal jail sentence. Whatever the source of his serenity, the youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto was discovered Nov. 28 seemingly asleep, lounging...
...More optimistic Indonesians are calling Tom-my's capture a sign of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's commitment to rooting out cronyism and corruption. But it is a devastating comment on the state of the country's judicial system that the arrest of the 39-year-old Suharto scion after a year of mysteriously faulty wiretaps and failed raids on suspected hideouts has been greeted mainly with cynicism in the capital. Says human rights lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis: "So many elements of the old order will be controlling the process...
...country's track record is not encouraging. With two exceptions, no high-profile corruption case against Suharto-era figures has been successfully prosecuted. "The proof in the hands of the police tends to weaken once the suspect has been caught," says Amir Syamsuddin, a legal adviser to Tommy's eldest sister, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, or "Tutut," the onetime head of a powerful corporation who has also faced corruption charges. "Once he's caught, then the game begins...
...game will undoubtedly most ardently be played by prot?g?s of the former Suharto regime who still hold key judicial, military and legislative positions. "Court cases here are basically an auction where the highest bidder wins," says Hans Vriens, who heads the Jakarta office for the Washington-based consulting group Apco. "In this case, of course, there will be immense political pressure on the judges as well...
...first African ambassador to spearhead its aids program; in Geneva. Milla, named the African player of the century by British magazine Africa Soccer, will travel around the continent next year to educate the public about the epidemic. ARRESTED. HUTOMO MANDALA PUTRA, 39, better known as Tommy Suharto; in Jakarta. The youngest son of Indonesia's ex-President, Tommy had been on the run for a year following a corruption conviction...