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Island focus: 20 years sought for prison warden
Under pressure: Former Sukamiskin Penitentiary warden Wahid Husen, who has been accused of accepting bribes from inmates, listens on Wednesday to prosecutors’ sentence demands during a hearing at the Bandung Corruption Court in West Java
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nder pressure: Former Sukamiskin Penitentiary warden Wahid Husen, who has been accused of accepting bribes from inmates, listens on Wednesday to prosecutors’ sentence demands during a hearing at the Bandung Corruption Court in West Java.(JP/Arya Dipa)
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors indicted on Wednesday Sukamiskin Penitentiary warden Wahid Husen in Bandung, West Java, for allegedly taking bribes from graft convicts.
The prosecutors charged Wahid with multiple corruption crimes and demanded 20 years for the defendant.
Wahid allegedly accepted two luxury cars and Rp 39.5 million (US$2,742.49) in cash from two inmates, Fahmi Darmawansyah and Andri Rahmat, in exchange for special facilities they allegedly received at the Bandung prison.
Prosecutor Trimulyono Hendardi revealed that Wahid also accepted other luxurious items, including a clutch bag and slippers, in a graft case related to the procurement of a satellite monitor with the Maritime Security Agency.
The KPK arrested Wahid at his house on July 20. The antigraft body also arrested Fahmi, the director of PT Melati Technofo Indonesia,
The prosecutor also said Wahid gave both of them, as well as several other inmates convicted of corruption, access to special facilities in the penitentiary, including air conditioning, televisions, refrigerators as well as luxurious interiors. He also gave them permission to go out of their cells and use phones.
Wahid’s lawyer Firma Uli Silalahi said her client would not raise an objection to the indictment as that would be wasting time.“We can’t prove whether the indictment is right or wrong. We’ll just wait for the testimonies of the witnesses,” Firma said after the trial.
