Markit wroteIf the fuzz turns up at your/wife's place looking for you then she can start the ball rolling for your "rehabilitation" and if they don't turn up - come back, all is forgiven/forgotten
Nah. I couldn't leave her at the mercy of the authorities. She'd just believe and do whatever they told her. It would hurt my heart and wallet.
Markit wroteWonder why it didn't in the case of the young Ozzy?
Immediately leaving the country wouldn't have helped, I suppose. It makes the authorities look foolish for letting him go free after the accident.
In your other thread you mentioned that she got a lawyer and was then told it would make everything more difficult, so she got rid of him. Sounds like that was actually good advice. You need to do everything you can to stop it getting to the courts.
It probably works something like this. Once there's a death the Police have to get involved but what happens next is up to their discretion. If you're willing to compensate the victim's family and also the individual Police working on the case, then they probably just change the definition of the accident so that it can be processed outside of the courts.
Hypothetically, here's what I would do:
1. Do everything I can to help at the scene of the accident. It's the decent thing to do, but it'll also look good later on. I reckon fleeing would be the quickest way to get an angry mob coming after you.
2. Contact the Kepala Desa and ask him to help me out and represent me.
3. Accept responsibility for that which is reasonable and make it clear to the Cops that you're willing to compensate the victim.
4. Pay out compensation to the victim and to whomever else's palm needs greasing. Hopefully the Kepala Desa will be able to stop any claim from being too outlandish.
5. Hope for the best.
Having said all that, I still think a tourist should leave the country, hire a local lawyer to represent them and pay their compensation from afar.
