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Prosecutors demand 6 years for ex-health minister
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Former health minister and graft defendant Siti Fadilah Supari has been charged with rigging a Health Ministry's project to procure medical equipment in 2005. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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orruption Eradication Commissions (KPK) prosecutors have demanded that former Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari be sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and a Rp 500 million (US$37,540) fine for her alleged role in a case pertaining to the procurement of medical equipment in 2005.
“We demand that the panel of judges declare the defendant guilty of corruption,” prosecutor Ali Fikir said at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.
According to prosecutors, Siti has been proven guilty of abusing her authority in the procurement of medical equipment for the Center for Health Problems (PPMK) in anticipation of a health emergency (KLB) in 2005, causing more than Rp 6 billion in state losses.
Siti is also said to have accepted bribes amounting to Rp 1.9 billion from the finance director of PT Graha Ismaya Sri Wahyuningsih in the form of 20 traveler’s checks.
She also allegedly accepted another Rp. 1.3 billion from PT Graha Ismaya president director Masrizal Achmad Syarif in the form of 50 Mandiri traveler’s checks worth Rp 1.2 billion, one traveler’s check worth Rp 25 million and 10 traveler’s checks worth Rp 100 million. (dis/ary)
