JAKARTA: Prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence for Eddi Setiadi, former head of the Bandung Tax Investigation Office, for
accepting bribes in connection with the 2001-2002 tax audit of
PT. Bank Jabar (now called Bank Jabar Banten).
“Eddi Setiadi has been proven guilty of violating the 2001 Corruption Eradication Law,” Hadianto, the prosecutor reading the demands against the former taxation office head, said Monday at the Corruption Court.
Prosecutor Rudi Margono said that Eddi, along with four of his subordinates, had accepted Rp 1 billion (US$110,000) on May 11, 2004, and Rp 1.5 billion in bribes on May 18, 2004.
The bribe money is believed to have been embezzled from capital funds at the bank starting
in 2002.
Eddi allegedly accepted the money from Hery Achmad Buchory, the former head of Accounting Division for Bank Jabar, in return for helping the bank evade paying taxes it owed for the 2001 and 2002 fiscal years. — JP/ipa
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