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The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced on Thursday Ahmad Jauhari, a former senior official at the Religious Affairs Ministry, to eight years in prison for his role in rigging the procurement of Korans.

The panel of judges at the court, led by judge Annas Mustaqim, also ordered Jauhari, former director of sharia guidance at the ministry'€™s directorate general for Islamic guidance, to pay a fine of Rp 200 million (US$17,502) or face an additional six months in prison.

Your comments:

I would like to see corrupt politicians make a public apology on TV, a very public apology that would oblige them to wipe that sickly self-satisfied smirk off their faces for at least 10 minutes afterward.

There should be wide coverage of this and have the apology made available online.

I'€™m not claiming this would chasten these hardened liars, but it would feel better.

As of now, they are just upset to be found out and caught, but would do it again.

Maurice Gold

For stealing money from God, they should just chop off both his hands!

That money was meant for the poor to get to know God through copies of the Holy Koran, and this guy (along with others) stole the money!

Pauloh