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Ex-Jambi council secretary gets 6 years for embezzlement
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Rosmansyah, a former secretary of the Jambi Legislative Council (DPDR), faces trial in this Oct. 18 file photo at the Jambi Corruption Court. The court found Rosmansyah guilty of embezzlement on Tuesday. (Tribunnews.com/Dedy Nurdin)
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he former secretary of the Jambi Legislative Council (DPRD), Rosmansyah, has been sentenced to six years in jail for embezzling hundreds of millions of rupiah of a technical training fund.
The Jambi Corruption Court found Rosmansyah guilty on Tuesday of embezzlement during his term in office from 2009 to 2014, specifically for misusing Rp 315 million (US$23,192) of the fund in 2012, Rp 271 million in 2013 and Rp 363 million in 2014.
"The court also orders him to pay Rp 50 million in fines and to return Rp 1.85 billion [to the Jambi treasury]," presiding judge Lucas Sahabat Duha said as he read out the verdict.
Jumisar, another defendant in the case and who was in charge of the technical training program, was also sentenced on Tuesday to a year and six months for his role in the budget misappropriation case.
The case also implicates former Jambi DPRD speaker Zainal Abidin, who has denied his involvement in the case. (ipa)
