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Dahlan faces two more cases after Friday’s verdict
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Guilty: Former state-owned enterprises minister Dahlan Iskan (center) attends a graft trial at the Surabaya Corruption Court on April 21. (JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana)
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ormer state-owned enterprises minister Dahlan Iskan faces lawsuits in two cases after he was declared guilty in a separate graft case and sentenced to two years in prison during his trial at the Surabaya Corruption Court on Friday.
In the first of two ongoing cases, Dahlan was alleged to have been involved in graft related to the construction of electrical relay stations in Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, when he was president director of state-owned electricity company PLN.
In the second case, Dahlan was implicated in alleged corruption centered on the procurement of 16 electric cars for the 2013 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bali.
(Read also: Dahlan gets 2 years for graft, files appeal)
In Friday’s hearing, the court’s judge panel ruled Dahlan guilty for corruption related to the selling of assets belonging to PT Panca Wira Usaha (PWU), an enterprise owned by the East Java administration.
In addition to a two-year prison sentence, Dahlan was also ordered to pay Rp 100 million (US$ 7,525.03) in fines or face an additional two months in prison.
Dahlan said he would file an appeal against the court’s ruling. “After having discussions with my lawyers, we have decided we will appeal the [guilty] verdict,” he said after the hearing.
Prosecutors previously asked the judge panel to sentence Dahlan to six years in prison and order him to pay Rp 8.3 billion in fines or face an additional three and a half months in prison. (mrc/ebf)
