Prison guard jailed for receiving bribe<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Bogor District Court sentenced a 41-year-old
\nprison officer, Munandar, to five months and 15 days in jail for
\naiding the escape of the man behind the Jagorawi toll road murder
\nand robbery.<\/p>\n
Judge Ginalita Silitonga said the defendant, the former head
\nof security at Paledang Penitentiary, was guilty of receiving Rp
\n100,000 (US$14) to allow Erling Doli Wijaya, alias Mikel, to
\nleave the prison on June 18, 21 and 24 last year.<\/p>\n
Mikel, who later escaped from the prison on June 27, was
\ntried in absentia and sentenced to 20 years in jail for his role
\nin the robbery and murder in October, 1996.<\/p>\n
The escapee and his three accomplices stole Rp 312 million
\nfrom a car and shot and killed the driver, Zainuddin Lesmana.<\/p>\n
\"Helping Mikel rendezvous with his girlfriend, prior to the
\nescape, went against Munandar's responsibilities at the prison,\"
\nGinalita said.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant is guilty of violating Article 3 of Law No. 4
\non bribery.\"<\/p>\n
The sentence is lighter than the six months in jail proposed
\nby Prosecutor M. Nasir.<\/p>\n
The defendant, who has already served five months and five
\ndays in jail, said he was still considering whether to accept the
\nverdict or appeal. (24\/hhr)<\/p>",
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