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Former DPD speaker Irman Gusman sentenced to prison for graft
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Former DPD speaker Irman Gusman reads out his defense plea before the Jakarta corruption court on Feb. 8 in Jakarta (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he Jakarta corruption court on Monday sentenced Irman Gusman, the former speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), to four-and-a-half years in prison for accepting a Rp 100 million (US$7,488) bribe from a businessman.
The panel of judges said the evidence confirmed that Irman had received money for his services helping Xaveriandy Sutanto, the director of CV Semesta Berjaya, secure a sugar import quota of 3,000 tons for his company in West Sumatra from the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
The hearing found Irman had misused his influence as a high-ranking official to lobby Bulog to secure the sugar import quota for CV Semesta Berjaya.
(Read also: Corruption court to read out verdict on former DPD speaker on Monday)
The panel of judges handling the case also stripped Irman of his political rights, banning him from running for office for three years after his release from prison. Irman must also pay a fine of Rp 200 million.
If the former DPD speaker fails to pay the fine, he will have to serve another three months behind bars.
“Our examination of the case finds the defendant guilty of corruption,” presiding judge Nawawi said while reading out the sentence.
The sentence was lower than the seven-year prison sentence demanded by prosecutors on Feb. 1. (dan)
