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View all search resultsIndonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) recently found that graft convicts only get a prison sentence of three years and three months on average and only 4 percent of total estimated state loss incurred from corruption cases can be recovered throughout 2024.
Two judges each received a seven-year prison sentence, while the third judge received 10 years, for accepting bribes totaling Rp 4.6 billion (US$278,459) to acquit a former lawmaker’s son from all charges in a murder case in Surabaya, East Java.
In its decision on an appeal filed by the AGO, the Jakarta High Court has increased the sentence for Harvey Moeis from 6.5 years to the maximum 20 years, citing his actions against the government’s antigraft efforts as an aggravating factor in the US$20 billion PT Timah corruption case.
Public anger has ensued after a court sentenced businessman Harvey Moeis to what many described was a lenient punishment in a case that has cost the state Rp 300 trillion (US$18.5 billion), one of Indonesia’s largest corruption cases.
The Jakarta High Court on Tuesday increased the prison sentence for former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo, who was convicted of soliciting bribes from other officials at the Agriculture Ministry, following an appeal by prosecutors.
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