Muhammad Alim (21 April 1945 ― 18 August 2021) was an Indonesian judge and a justice on the

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. A career judge, Alim was appointed to the Constitutional Court by former

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in 2008.Bonardo Wahono
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, 14 August 2014. Accessed 23 October 2016. Alim earned his undergraduate degree from

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in his home province of

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, and his master's degree and PhD in

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from the

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. Alim served on one of three panels set up by the Constitutional Court to investigate former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo's complaint in the Indonesian presidential election, 2014, serving on the panel alongside fellow justices

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(the panel chairman) and

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. Alim delivered the majority opinion of the court that the key claims of Subianto's claims were without merit, delivering a 4,300-page report after day-long hearings. He also delivered the court's opinion that the

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doesn't own customary forests, which are separate from state forests, and that the rights of indigenous peoples over customary forests must be protected.Nadya Natahadibrata
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, 18 May 2013. Accessed 23 October 2016. Alim has also held dissenting opinions from the rest of the court. In 2009, he and two other justices held the minority opinion that cigarette advertisements should not be allowed on television channels or billboards due to the harm they can cause to children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alim, Muhammad 1945 births 2021 deaths Justices of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia 20th-century Indonesian judges Hasanuddin University alumni People from Palopo 21st-century Indonesian judges Islamic University of Indonesia alumni