Police hunt Suharto's son in murder case

Jakarta - Indonesian police will continue hunting the fugitive son of former president, Mr Suharto, on suspicion of ordering …

Jakarta - Indonesian police will continue hunting the fugitive son of former president, Mr Suharto, on suspicion of ordering a judge's murder despite his acquittal Monday on a corruption charge, Attorney General, Mr Muhammad Abdul Rachman said yesterday.

Criticism grew of Monday's supreme court decision to quash the corruption conviction and 18-month jail term, with one commentator saying it eroded the public's "wafer-thin" trust in justice.

The former millionaire playboy, Mr Tommy Suharto became a fugitive last November when he failed to turn himself in to serve the jail sentence imposed by another supreme court panel in September 2000.