Chief judge detained in bribery case

Chief judge detained in bribery case

BATAM, Riau: Head of the Batam District Court Krisman Sormin is
detained at the local prosecutor's office for intensive
investigation as a suspect in a Rp 50 million bribery case.

"He is being detained for 20 days and the detention can be
extended for 30 days, but this depends on the investigation,"
local chief prosecutor Sution Usman said here on Friday.

He said his office rejected Krisman's request for him to be
placed under house arrest because the suspect has no home to
live.

Sution could not say when the suspect's dossier will handed
over to court.

Krisman is charged with corruption after he allegedly took
bribe of Rp 50 million from a female defendant, the late
Sulistianti Sudirohusodo, three years ago.

The defendant, however, was defeated in the trial despite
Krisman's promise to rule in favor of her. --Antara