Critics agree that much of Southeast Asia desperately needs judicial reform and rule of law. Yet, there is remarkably little comparative scholarship on law and legal institutions in the region. In this blog, I'll follow constitutional developments in Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
More libel outrages
Tommy Suharto, son of former President Suharto, is suing Garuda Airlines for publishing an in-flight magazine calling him a "convicted murderer." This is of course ironic because in 2002 Tommy Suharto was indeed convicted of murder by a 5-judge panel for murdering Judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita and sentenced to prison for 15 years (in a plush cell, then a reduced sentence). If anything, it sounds more like Tommy Suharto is complaining about slander or impugning his image then libel, but I doubt those technicalities will stop the courts. You can read more at Asia Sentinel.
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