Defendants freed for lack of evidence

Defendants freed for lack of evidence

JAMBI: Four graft suspects who allegedly stole a total of Rp 10
billion (US$1.1 million) from regional governments have been
freed by the Jambi District Court during the past six months
because there was a lack of evidence to convict them.

Senior prosecutor Andi Azhari said he was concerned about the
dropped cases but said Jambi prosecutors had done their best to
convict the four.

The four defendants were former councillors from three
different regencies in the province. They were Kardini and Hefni
Zen Ibnu from Sarolangun regency, Ibnu Hajar from East
Tanjungjabung regency and Machludin Achmad from West
Tanjungjabung regency.

The four served the three regencies between 1999 and 2004. -
JP