| Name | Abdul Rachman Saleh | |
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Born in Pekalongan, Central Java, on 1st April 1941, Abdul Rachman obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University in 1967, and started his career as a journalist with the Nusantara daily in 1968. He quit to become the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation chairman in 1973. |
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In 1990, while leading his Abd Rahman Saleh-Tuty Hutagalung law firm, he qualified as a notary and was awarded a master's degree from the University of Indonesia in 1995. Abdul Rachman is a senior member of the Islamist Crescent Star Party (PBB). |
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He most recently came into the national spotlight as the only Supreme Court judge to submit a dissenting opinion in the appeal trial of Golkar Party leader Akbar Tandjung, who had been convicted of graft by lower courts. Four other justices agreed to accept Akbar's appeal. |
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The Jakarta Post |
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