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        "id": 1028604,
        "msgid": "five-businessmen-jailed-for-tax-evasion-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-11-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Five businessmen jailed for tax evasion",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Five businessmen jailed for tax evasion JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court has jailed five businessmen for tax fraud. The panel of judges said in its verdict on Thursday that the five had manipulated value-added tax between 1993 and 1995. Defendant Agus Akbar, 31, director of an import company, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison and fined Rp 20 million (US$8,368), or five months in jail in lieu of the fine.",
        "content": "<p>Five businessmen jailed for tax evasion<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court has jailed<br>\nfive businessmen for tax fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The panel of judges said in its verdict on Thursday that the<br>\nfive had manipulated value-added tax between 1993 and 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Defendant Agus Akbar, 31, director of an import company, was<br>\nsentenced to five years and six months in prison and fined Rp 20<br>\nmillion (US$8,368), or five months in jail in lieu of the fine.<br>\nHe was ordered to pay Rp 2.5 billion (US$10,460) in damages to<br>\nthe state.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Sudhono Iswahyudi had earlier urged the court to<br>\njail Agus for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The court said the defendant had masterminded the fraudulent<br>\nactivities, coordinating the other defendants in selling fake tax<br>\ndocuments.<\/p>\n<p>The other four, who hold senior positions in their respective<br>\ncompanies, were each sentenced to three years jail and fined Rp<br>\n10 million respectively. The judges said failure to pay the fine<br>\nwould result in their jail terms being extended by two and a half<br>\nmonths.<\/p>\n<p>The four were each ordered to pay an additional Rp 500 million<br>\nin damages to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor had earlier asked for four-year sentences for<br>\nthe four.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants' lawyers told the court on Nov. 14 that the<br>\nindictment was not clear and there was no material evidence<br>\npresented before court.<\/p>\n<p>They said they were at a loss to determine what evidence the<br>\nprosecutor had based his accusation on.<\/p>\n<p>\"None of the 32 witnesses had testified that the defendants<br>\nhad sold forged tax documents as accused,\" they said.<\/p>\n<p>The defense team said the prosecutor's arguments were<br>\nconfusing.<\/p>\n<p>\"In his indictment he said that the companies, where the<br>\ndefendants worked, published 11,640 forged tax documents but in<br>\nhis statement requesting jail terms for the defendants they said<br>\nthe number was 6,978,\" the defense lawyers said.<\/p>\n<p>No forged documents were presented before court, they said.<\/p>\n<p>After discussing the verdict with their clients, the lawyers<br>\ntold the court they would appeal to the High Court. (05)<\/p>",
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