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DPR deputy chairman Taufik Kurniawan gets 6 years for bribery
House of Representatives deputy speaker and senior National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Taufik Kurniawan has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery in a case connected to special allocation funds (DAK). The court also stripped him of his political rights for three years following his release from prison.
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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) names former House of Representatives deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan a suspect in a graft case surrounding the deliberation of the regional budget of Kebumen in Central Java, making him the second House leader implicated in corruption. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Semarang Corruption Court has sentenced House of Representatives deputy speaker and senior National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Taufik Kurniawan to six years in prison for bribery in a case connected to special allocation funds (DAK) for Kebumen and Purbalingga regencies. The court also stripped him of his political rights for three years, starting with his release from prison.
The judges also sentenced him to a Rp 200 million (US$14,347) fine. If he fails to pay the fine, four months will be added to his prison term.
The court has found Taufik guilty of violating Article 12a of Law No. 31/1999 on corruption for embezzling Rp 3.65 billion (US$261,750) from the revised 2016 national budget and Rp 1.2 billion from the allocation funds from the revised 2017 national budget.
The sentence is lighter than the prosecutor’s demand of eight years in prison and a revocation of political rights for five years.
Taufik had returned Rp 4.24 billion in state funds via the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), noted presiding judge Antonius Widijanto.
(gis/evi)
