Soeharto corruption case postponed as Indonesia mourns

The government is seeking 1.4 billion dollars in returned assets and damages from Soeharto, who died aged 86 on Sunday, and the Supersemar Foundation, a charity he previously chaired.
The case -- part of a renewed effort by the government to bring the former dictator to justice -- alleges Soeharto oversaw the misallocation of money intended for student scholarships.
Judges were on Tuesday to have delivered their decision on whether the civil case should proceed.
Indonesia's attorney general's office earlier this month rejected a request to abandon the civil case. A criminal corruption case against the former dictator was abandoned in 2006 due to his ill health.
"We are now in a national mourning period and the panel of judges are also mourning, so the trial will be postponed," the head of the panel Wahjono said, adding that hearings would resume on February 12.
Speaking after Monday's hearing, Wahjono told AFP that the case would go on even if Soeharto's children declined to appear as defendants in the case.
Under Indonesian law, a defendant in a civil case can be replaced by ...