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PDI-P lawmaker sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for graft
The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced House of Representatives member Damayanti Wisnu Putranti to four-and-a-half years in prison for bribery related to the trans-Seram highway construction project at the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry.
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Disgraced -- The Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced House of Representatives member Damayanti Wisnu Putranti (pictured) to a four-and-a-half-years' imprisonment in a bribery case related to the trans-Seram Highway construction project in a trial on Monday. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari)
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he Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced House of Representatives member Damayanti Wisnu Putranti to four-and-a-half years in prison for bribery related to the trans-Seram highway construction project at the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry.
Presiding judge Sumpeno said the member of House Commission V overseeing infrastructure and transportation was proven guilty of accepting bribes of Rp 1 billion (US$77,339) and S$278,700.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) member was also ordered to pay a Rp 500 million fine or face an additional three months behind bars.
“[...] declare defendant Damayanti Wisnu Putranti proven guilty of committing corruption collectively,” said Sumpeno as quoted by Antara when reading out the verdict on Monday.
Damayanti’s sentence was lower than the prosecutors’ demand of six years in prison and a Rp 500 million fine or additional six months in prison. Prosecutors also demanded that Damayanti’s right to run for public office be revoked.
Accompanied by four other judges, Sumpeno said they could not grant Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors’ request for the revocation of Damayanti’s right to serve in a public post for five years after she completed her sentence.
“In the current democratic life, Indonesians are smart enough to use their right to choose someone they deem capable to serve in a public post both in the executive and legislative branches,” judge Sigit Herman Binaji said. (ebf)
Editor's note: Paragraph two in this story has been corrected.
