Ninth time lucky? Hopes for decision in Jakarta filthy air case
Al Jazeera
Citizens who brought landmark pollution case hope judges will deliver verdict when they sit again on Thursday.
Medan, Indonesia – The plaintiffs in a landmark air pollution case brought against the authorities in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta hope they may finally hear a decision in their case, after months of delays, when the court sits again on Thursday.
A verdict was supposed to have been delivered on May 20 but was postponed. A panel of three judges failed to deliver a verdict for the eighth time on September 9.
Citing a failure to finish reading the case documents, Chief Justice H Saifudin Zuhri apologised and made reference to the previous delays, which have included several members of the court such as clerks and judges contracting COVID-19 and the “overwhelming” number of court documents and evidence bundles.
