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Riau governor gets six years in graft case
Inactive Riau governor Annas Maâamun was sentenced to six years in prison and was obliged to pay Rp 200 million (US$15,000) in fines to the state after he was found guilty of taking bribes in the forest conversion project worth Rp 5 billion in several regencies in the province
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nactive Riau governor Annas Ma'amun was sentenced to six years in prison and was obliged to pay Rp 200 million (US$15,000) in fines to the state after he was found guilty of taking bribes in the forest conversion project worth Rp 5 billion in several regencies in the province.
Barita Lumban Gaol who presided over a hearing at the Bandung District Court in West Java on Wednesday, said that the defendant was convincingly proven guilty of violating the 2002 corruption law.
State prosecutors in the previous hearing, demanded the panel of judges sentence the defendant to six years in prison.
Responding to the court's verdict, Annas said he would be appealing to the higher court.
Irene Putri who chaired the prosecutor team in the case, said that she would discuss it with her team.
'We will decided whether to accept or appeal,' she said as quoted by kompas.com.
The KPK says it caught Annas red-handed accepting a bribe from a businessman at his private residence in Cibubur, East Jakarta, on Sept. 25. (rms)(+++)
