Councillors jailed for corruption

Wed, 09 Mar 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Three Bandarlampung councillors have been
sentenced to 18 months jail for corruption.

Gani Parlaungan, the presiding judge at Bandarlampung court,
said that the three were guilty of embezzling funds from
Bandarlampung's 2002 and 2003 budgets totaling Rp 3.7 billion
(US$ 398,000). The councillors had stolen the money using various
means, including insurance fraud.

The three councillors in question are Palgunadi from the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Gusti Rachmat
Kartolo from the Golkar Party and Muchzan Zein from the United
Development Party (PPP). -- JP

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