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he wife of a drug convict, Sumarman, reported a Depok prosecutor identified as AM on Tuesday to the Depok Prosecutor's Office for allegedly accepting a bribe in relation to Sumarman's case.

Sumarman's wife had already left by the time reporters arrived at the Depok Prosecutor's Office, while AM was seen staying in the employment agency head's room at the office.

The family's representative, who requested anonymity, said the family had given AM Rp 45 million (US$4,635) in the hope that the Depok District Court's ruling would go in favor of Sumarman.

Last month, the court sentenced Sumarman to 10 years, one year lighter than the 11 years AM had demanded. Sumarman was proven guilty of violating the 2009 Narcotics Law for possessing 3.5 kilograms of hashish.

The family's representative said the sentence was not what the family had expected.

The office's head of general crimes division, Gede Adhiaksa, said he did not know the details of the report.

'We will ask [AM] about what's really going on and make a report to our superior,' he said.

A division staffer, Arnold Siahaan, said AM's duties were carried out following the ruling, which he believed complied with procedures.

'It would have been an irregularity had the verdict been less than 10 years,' he said, adding the convict was a repeat drug offender.

He also said AM, who has been working for a year at the office after being transferred from the Gianyar Prosecutor's Office in Bali, had performed well.

'But we need to find the truth about whether he accepted Rp 45 million,' said Arnold.

Meanwhile, the Depok Police's head of public relations division, Adj. First Insp. Bagus Suwardi, said a group of thieves had broken a window of his Daihatsu Terios on Monday, which at around 7:10 p.m. was parked on Jl. Alternatif Cibubur, East Jakarta, where he and his wife were having dinner.

He said the alleged thieves had made off with his laptop, his wife's purse containing Rp 50 million in cash, checks and giro checks worth more than Rp 700 million.

He said the checks and giro checks belonged to his company, CV BS, which was in the mineral water business. Bagus refused to disclose what BS stood for.

'I parked the car 10 meters from where I ate. I'm shocked this has happened,' he told reporters on Tuesday, adding that he had reported the incident to the Depok Police.