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Former prosecutor Urip requests lighter sentence through case review
Graft convict Urip Tri Gunawan has filed for a case review of the 20-year sentence handed down by the Supreme Court
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raft convict Urip Tri Gunawan hasfiled for a case review of the 20-year sentence handed down by the Supreme Court. In his statement, Urip said that the current sentence wastoo harsh.
'It is expected that the panel of justices will cancel the current sentence and declare me innocent of all charges,' Urip told the court on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
Urip added that there had been a huge difference in how the court treated him and Arthalyta Suryani, a businesswoman who went to prison after being found guilty of bribing Urip.
'Arthalyta gets only five years in prison, while I, on the other hand, get 20 years. We should get the same sentence as we were charged with the same crime,' he said.
The Supreme Court had earlier sentenced Urip with 20 years in prison and Rp 500 million in fines, with an additional year in prison should he fail to pay the fines. Urip was proven to have received US$600,000 in bribes from Arthalyta in 2008.
Justice Artidjo Alkostar of the Supreme Court said earlier that Urip's crimes deserved heavier punishment because he had violated the law in his position as a law enforcement official.(dic)
