(published by The Jakarta Post on 14 June 2011. Click here ) I am still eager to learn about Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in the 2004 case of vote-buying involving the selection of Bank Indonesia (BI) senior deputy governor Miranda S. Goeltom. My brain just cannot reach an understanding as to how the woman who is reportedly suffering a “severe forgetfulness” can freely tour Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, as widely reported by the media. If she has severe amnesia, I would think she would not even remember the simplest things, such as her name written in her passport, her flight ticket and schedule, or even her destination. Another thing I don’t understand is that if Nunun is considered a criminal in those countries, how would they be able to charge Nunun if she has severe amnesia? In Indonesia, that is possible. The late former president Soeharto also did the same where his lawyers stated similar things to evade the charges. Hmm… how lucky. But my biggest wonder is about our l...
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