It has all the trappings of an incredible show – drama, sensation, intrigue, suspense and mystery – not unlike Indonesian sinetron (TV dramas).
When the murder case was brought to court, Indonesians were glued to their TV sets. More people watched the 135-day court proceedings that began on June 15, 2016, than the top-rated TV series at the time. The case, better known as kasus kopi sianida (case of the cyanide coffee) was the “trial of the century” for Indonesia, just like the O.J. Simpson’s case that gripped the United States in the 1990s.
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