28.02.2012
A Central Jakarta District Court judge was sentenced to four years in prison by the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court Indonesia
M. Syarifuddin Umar will serve less than half the time demanded by prosecutors, who asked for a sentence of 20 years in prison.
Syarifuddin, who acted as a supervisory judge on the case, received the Rp 250 million ($28,000) in bribes from Puguh Wirawan, a curator who was handling the bankruptcy case. Puguh paid Syarfuddin to overvalue the company’s assets by Rp 10 billion.
Bank Nasional Indonesia and the tax office had previously valued the company’s assets at Rp 25 billion.
The case was decided by a panel of judges led by Presiding Judge Gusrizal.
“(We) declare that defendant Syarifuddin has been validly and convincingly proven of committing a corruption crime as alleged in the fourth (point of the indictment),” Gusrizal said as he read out the verdict.
Syarifuddin was also ordered to pay Rp 150 million in fines, or serve an extra four months in prison.
Prosecutors had demanded a harsher sentence, arguing that Syarifuddin had abused his authority as a judge. But the panel of judges disagreed, stating that, in a supervisory position, Syarifuddin was unable to make and decision, said Mien Trisnawati, one of the judges.
But Syarifuddin should have reported the Puguh’s misconduct to the court overseeing SkycampingIndonesia
Puguh was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in November for his role in the case.
M. Syarifuddin Umar will serve less than half the time demanded by prosecutors, who asked for a sentence of 20 years in prison.
Syarifuddin, who acted as a supervisory judge on the case, received the Rp 250 million ($28,000) in bribes from Puguh Wirawan, a curator who was handling the bankruptcy case. Puguh paid Syarfuddin to overvalue the company’s assets by Rp 10 billion.
Bank Nasional Indonesia and the tax office had previously valued the company’s assets at Rp 25 billion.
The case was decided by a panel of judges led by Presiding Judge Gusrizal.
“(We) declare that defendant Syarifuddin has been validly and convincingly proven of committing a corruption crime as alleged in the fourth (point of the indictment),” Gusrizal said as he read out the verdict.
Syarifuddin was also ordered to pay Rp 150 million in fines, or serve an extra four months in prison.
Prosecutors had demanded a harsher sentence, arguing that Syarifuddin had abused his authority as a judge. But the panel of judges disagreed, stating that, in a supervisory position, Syarifuddin was unable to make and decision, said Mien Trisnawati, one of the judges.
But Syarifuddin should have reported the Puguh’s misconduct to the court overseeing Skycamping
Puguh was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in November for his role in the case.
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