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"This request will be transferred today (Tuesday) to the Central Jakarta district court so that they can send the request to the concerned parties," said the head of the panel of judges, Wahjono.
Suharto's children live in areas covered by the Central Jakarta court's jurisdiction, he wasa quoted by AFP as saying.
Under Indonesian law, a defendant in a civil case can be replaced by his or her heirs following death.
Wahjono said last month that the case would go on even if Suharto's children declined to appear, which would mean they relinquished their right to defend their interests.
The judge said at the time he had ordered prosecutors to formally name at least one heir to stand in place of Suharto before the trial continued, though prosecutors did not specify any names on Tuesday.
One of the Suharto family's lawyers, Juan Felix Tampubolon, told reporters outside the courtroom that he would advise the children to ...
February 12, 2008 at 11:33 pm by uusjio, 192 views, 1 comment
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at 19:51 on February 14th, 2008
At last, the hints of some justice. Thanks for posting it.
Gerrypops