JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Anas Urbaningrum, graft defendant and former Chairman of President SBY’s Democratic Party, only got 8 years in prison after being proven guilty for receiving gratifications and committing money laundering acts related to several government projects, including the Hambalang sport center.
The jail sentence, however, is lighter than the demands of 15 years jail sentence from the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) prosecutor team. KPK, then, will appeal the sentence.
In the verdict trial on Wednesday (September 24), panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court that presided by Haswandi, also ordered Anas to pay Rp300 million in fine or serving additional three months jail term, lighter than KPK’s demand to order Anas to pay Rp500 million in fine or serve additional five months jail term.
In addition, panel of judges also ordered Anas to pay Rp57.5 billion plus USD5.2 million in restitution to the state loses. In case Anas failed to pay the restitution within 1 month after the final verdict, then the state will seize Anas’ wealth. The amount of the restitution is also lighter than KPK’s demand for payment of Rp94.180 billion and US$5.261 million in restitution to the state losses or serving additional 4 years jail term should he failed to pay the restitution.
Furthermore, panel of judges rejected KPK’s demand to revoke Anas’ constitutional rights to be elected for public position in the country.
As reported earlier, Presided Judge Haswandi is earlier known as presided judge that charged a light sentence for Andi Alfian Mallarangeng (former Minister of Youth & Sports and former Democratic Party politician) and Teuku Bagus Muhammad Noor (Director of state-owned construction firm PT Adhi Karya Tbk), two other suspects in Hambalang graft case.
Haswandi only dropped 4 years and 4.5 years jail sentence to Andi Mallarangeng and Muhammad Noor respectively, lighter than demanded by the KPK’s prosecutor (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)