Kamille
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Don't be too sure about that (Elkin and Flavia). See my link a page or so back to 'Courtrecord' or something like that. They're quoting from what seems to be some kind of court record. IIRC, after Elkin and Flavia left Bali (without springing HM and taking her home), she lost confidence in them but didn't actually dismiss them until she hooked up with Soenardo.
This might explain some of what seemed to be confused reporting earlier. HM's legal team consisted of both US and Indonesian lawyers. Firing her US lawyers doesn't have to mean firing her Indonesian lawyers. There's been earlier confusion about who was representing her or parted ways with her and why. This might explain that: at some point, she dumped Elkin and Flavia and Rasnution and went solely with Soenardi. Perhaps Soenardi figured that since she was originally willing to pay two legal teams, one American and one Indonesian, why should she be the one to profit from firing Elkin/Flavia and going with all-Indonesian representation.
We don't know if Soenardi knew exactly how much HM is potentially worth, but it's sure public knowledge now. Maybe the best to hope for is that Soenardi will take every opportunity to try to bleed her dry, including possibly setting her up to file an appeal of any sentence she might get.
I think Ary Soenardi wanted all lawyers who might be suspect of what he was going to do with the money off the case. They are paying a lot of lip service to trying to clean up this kind of corruption, although it's unlikely they're doing much more than that. It was probably a provision for taking on HM's case for her to get rid of the other lawyers just so he wouldn't have to deal with any of them or answer any questions. I hope there has been enough publicity about him and his "dubious" record of light sentences for him and the judges to think twice about this. But I doubt it.
MOO