Comments on: Of bombers, terror and Indonesian law http://mooiness.com/2005/09/14/of-bombers-terror-and-indonesian-law/ I see, I hear and I feel. And then I blog it. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:03:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mooiness http://mooiness.com/2005/09/14/of-bombers-terror-and-indonesian-law/comment-page-1/#comment-975 mooiness Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:28:00 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2005/09/14/of-bombers-terror-and-indonesian-law/#comment-975 Yup exactly - that was the main cause of the misperception that "innocent until guilty" would apply in that system. It clearly doesn't and when ppl didn't understand that, they started hurling abuse at the Indonesian justice system calling it corrupt and inept. Yup exactly – that was the main cause of the misperception that “innocent until guilty” would apply in that system. It clearly doesn’t and when ppl didn’t understand that, they started hurling abuse at the Indonesian justice system calling it corrupt and inept.

]]> By: the virgin undergrad http://mooiness.com/2005/09/14/of-bombers-terror-and-indonesian-law/comment-page-1/#comment-974 the virgin undergrad Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:26:00 +0000 http://mooiness.com/2005/09/14/of-bombers-terror-and-indonesian-law/#comment-974 i'm not too sure about this, but i remember reading a Schapelle Corby article that explained why there's a perception from aussies that indonesian courts are less receptive to evidence. it explains how this probably stems from the fact that the indonesian courts adopt an Inquisitorial Judicial System (part of the dutch colonial hangover) where by the onus is on the defendant to prove his/her innocence and the judge is sorta draw his/her own conclusion or even question the defendants as compared to the Common law system where there's a 'presumption of innocence until proven guilty' upon the defendant. i’m not too sure about this, but i remember reading a Schapelle Corby article that explained why there’s a perception from aussies that indonesian courts are less receptive to evidence.

it explains how this probably stems from the fact that the indonesian courts adopt an Inquisitorial Judicial System (part of the dutch colonial hangover) where by the onus is on the defendant to prove his/her innocence and the judge is sorta draw his/her own conclusion or even question the defendants as compared to the Common law system where there’s a ‘presumption of innocence until proven guilty’ upon the defendant.

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