Ex-deputy governor prosecuted for graft<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung<\/p>\n
Amid the war against corruption in the province, two former West
\nJava senior officials are being prosecuted on corruption charges.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, prosectuors called for Ukman Sutaryan, former West
\nJava deputy governor, to face ten years in prison and a fine of
\nRp 30 million over a Rp 17.9 billion corruption case during his
\ntenure between 1993-1999. Prosecutors also want him to return Rp
\n28 billion he allegedly acquired illegally to the state.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, prosecutors asked for Ragam Santika, former
\nsecretary of the provincial administration, to be sentenced to
\neight years imprisonment and a fine of Rp 25 billion over a Rp 17
\nbillion corruption case between 1994 and 1998, at the Bandung
\ndistrict court on Feb. 13, 2002.<\/p>\n
In court on Tuesday, Basyuni Musyarif of the West Java Chief
\nProsecutor's Office said defendant Ukman had to be handed a stiff
\nsentence because he was found to have abused his power by
\nembezzling almost Rp 28 billion from the province's budget
\nbetween 1993 and 1999.<\/p>\n
\"The funds were taken from the province's routine spending (Rp
\n17.6 billion) and development projects (Rp 10.3 billion). The
\nfunds were used to build the Al-Ihsan General Hospital, run the
\nAl-Ihsan financial institution and a calligraphy workshop, all in
\nthe city, purchase a plot of land in Lembang and buy a Toyota
\ncar,\" he told the court.<\/p>\n
He said the funds were disbursed to the Al-Ihsan Foundation,
\nwhich belonged to him, in contravention of official regulations.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecutor, the defendant colluded with Ragam
\nto commit the embezzlement.<\/p>\n
Government prosecutor Fadil Jumhana, in Ragam's trial, said
\nthat prosecutors had material evidence that the defendant
\nembezzled Rp 17 billion from the province's budgetary funds.<\/p>\n
He said the defendant had also helped Ukman to take Rp 16
\nbillion from the province's budgetary funds and another Rp 1
\nbillion from the provincial administration's Saung Kadeudeuh
\nFoundation (YSK) to build the Al-Ihsan General Hospital.<\/p>\n
The two defendants conceded that the funds' disbursement
\noccurred with the approval of the governor, R. Nuariana.<\/p>\n
The corruption cases were investigated by the local attorney's
\noffice after mounting pressure from the provincial legislative
\ncouncil, students, workers and local nongovernmental
\norganizations.<\/p>\n
The local attorney's office has been under fire since it
\ndecided to hold Governor Nuriana as a witness and not as a
\nsuspect. Legislators have demanded that the governor be held
\nresponsible for the embezzlement because he gave his approval to
\nthe funds' disbursement.<\/p>\n
In the context of the war against corruption in the province
\nover the last two years, the chief prosecutor's office has seen
\ntwo of its heads, Harprileny and Sudono Iswahyudi, replaced.<\/p>\n
The West Java Chief Prosecutor's Office is still
\ninvestigating Governor Nuariana over a 15 billion mark-up in the
\ndevelopment of legislators' housing in Cipageran, Cimahi, and
\nMisbach, former chief of general affairs at the provincial
\nadministration over a Rp 35 billion mark-up in a road repair
\nproject in the province.<\/p>",
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