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Prison term for former governor extended

The Supreme Court has extended by two years the one-year sentence against former South Sumatra governor Syahrial Oesman, who was convicted in a bribery case involving the conversion of 600 hectares of protected forest

Arghea Desafti Hapsari (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, April 23, 2010

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Prison term for former governor extended

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he Supreme Court has extended by two years the one-year sentence against former South Sumatra governor Syahrial Oesman, who was convicted in a bribery case involving the conversion of 600 hectares of protected forest.

“The court granted an appeal filed by prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission [KPK],” court official David MT Simanjuntak said Thursday.

The decision was made on Tuesday. Syahrial has been held since May last year.

The Corruption Court in October 2009 found Syahrial guilty of approving the disbursement of Rp 5 billion  (US$555,000) to bribe legislators at the House of Representatives’ forestry and agriculture commission to fast-track a decision to turn a forest in the province into a port and business area.  

Syahrial’s administration had planned the construction of Tanjung Api Api Port and a supporting business area.
He was sentenced to one year in prison and fined Rp 100 million. Defaulting on the fine would add another six months to his sentence.

A high court upheld the ruling in January.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court also ordered Syahrial to pay the fine. However, it reduced the default term to four months.

The case has implicated several former legislators including Al Amien Nasution from the United Development Party (PPP), Sarjan Taher from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party and the head of House Commission IV Yusuf Emir Faishal from the National Awakening Party (PKB). All of them have been sentenced.

The KPK has also named three other legislators suspects in the case: Azwar Chesputra and Fachri Andi Leluasa from the Golkar Party and Hilman Indra from the Crescent Star Party (PBB).

The Supreme Court on Thursday also announced that it had extended the sentence of former Bank Century director Hermanus Hasan Muslim to six years in prison.

“The court turned down an appeal filed by [Hermanus] and granted the one filed by prosecutors,” Court public relations officer Andri Tristianto said.

Hermanus will also have to pay Rp 50 billion in fines or serve another six months in prison.

The Central Jakarta District Court found Hermanus guilty of embezzling Rp 1.6 trillion of bank customers’ funds. He was initially sentenced to three years in prison and Rp 50 billion in fines.  





The same court slapped another three years on Bank Century convict Hermanus Muslim.

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