Suharto Likely to Escape Corruption Charges
Indonesia is virtually certain to drop all corruption charges against the ailing former dictator Suharto despite criticism from human rights groups, senior officials said yesterday.
Indonesia is virtually certain to drop all corruption charges against the ailing former dictator Suharto despite criticism from human rights groups, senior officials said yesterday.
The former president, 84, who ruled the country for 32 years until 1998 and is accused of embezzling £360m, has brain damage following two strokes and is in hospital after colon surgery.
"No decision has been taken yet but there is a sense on where to go, a consensus on what to do," a spokesman told the Guardian after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno met with senior ministers to discuss the issue.
The former president, 84, who ruled the country for 32 years until 1998 and is accused of embezzling £360m, has brain damage following two strokes and is in hospital after colon surgery.
"No decision has been taken yet but there is a sense on where to go, a consensus on what to do," a spokesman told the Guardian after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno met with senior ministers to discuss the issue.
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