The Jakarta Globe has more details about the corruption scandal involving Judge Syarifuddin Umar. The Bengkulu Legal Aid Office claims the judge took some Rp 5 billion ($585,000) while presiding over the graft trial of Bengkulu Governor Agusrin Najamuddin. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court announced that it would temporarily suspend Judge Syarifuddin Umar pending the investigation.
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).
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