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Kamaludin gets 7 years in MK bribery case
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Sentenced: Kamaludin, a defendant in the bribery case connected to the judicial review on the 2014 Animal Husbandry and Livestock Health Law, attends his trial on Aug.7 at the Jakarta Corruption Court. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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he Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced Kamaludin, the middleman in a bribery case involving former Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar, to seven years in prison at a hearing on Monday.
The convicted defendant was also ordered to pay Rp 200 million (US$14,991.40) in fines or face an additional two months in prison.
The court’s judges declared Kamaludin guilty of receiving $50,000 in bribes from beef importer Basuki Hariman and his secretary, Ng Fenny, in connection with a judicial review filed with the Constitutional Court on the 2014 Animal Husbandry and Livestock Health Law.
The court said during the sentencing that the defendant later gave $10,000 out of the total to Patrialis and pocketed the rest.
Kamaludin, the fourth and final defendant found guilty in the case, said he and his lawyers would consider on whether they would appeal the verdict.
(Read also: Former MK justice sentenced to 8 years in prison)
Earlier on Monday, the Corruption Court sentenced Patrialis to an eight-year imprisonment for his proven guilt in the case.
It also demanded Patrialis to pay Rp 300 million in fines and to return the $10,000 and Rp 4 million he gained from the crime.
Prosecutors had asked for 12.5 years' imprisonment and a Rp 500 million fine for Patrialis at a hearing two weeks ago.
When presiding judge Nawawi Pamulango asked the defendant whether he would appeal the verdict, Patrialis said: “After I discuss with my lawyers, I will first think about it.”
The court also sentenced Basuki and Fenny, respectively, to seven and five years behind bars last week. (ebf)
