Indonesian Judge Reopens Suharto Case: Jakarta, Indonesia

What happens when you have just had your 85th birthday party, acted like it was your 21st and generally enjoyed yourself on the day and looking fit and healthy doing it when you are really supposed to be on or near deaths doorstep?.

People in high places, who have been looking to lock you up next to your son, notice these things - that's what happens. According to a report in the ABC News Australia, an Indonesian judge has ruled that the dropping of a long-running corruption case against former dictator Suharto was illegal and ordered the case reopened.

It was not immediately clear whether an appeal could be launched against the decision.

The Attorney-General's office announced last month that it had dropped a case against the ailing ex-president, who is accused of embezzling billions of dollars of state assets during his 32 year rule, due to his poor health.

Judge Andi Samsang Nganro, the judge reviewing so-called "pre-trial" suits against the office launched by three activist groups, backed their claim that the procedure the office followed had been illegal.
Under the Indonesian legal system a pre-trial suit challenges the legality of the pre-trial process, including decisions to drop cases.

It may or may not have been the birthday bash that invoked this new procedural matter, but if it was me looking down the barrel to get screwed and chucked in the slammer then I most certainly wouldn't have made my birthday bash a public affair.