Ex-KPU officials stand trial

Tue, 25 Oct 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Two former General Elections Commission (KPU)
personnel went on trial on Monday in a Rp 20 billion (nearly US$2
million) graft case.

Chief prosecutor Endro Wasistomo told the Anticorruption Court
that former KPU secretary-general Safder Yusacc and former head
of general affairs Bambang Budiarto had marked up the state
expenditure for the publication of books related to the 2004
general election.

The two defendants have been charged under the 1999
Anticorruption Law that carries a minimum sentence of four years
in jail and a maximum of life.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) brought them to
prosecution, as it has a number of KPU members and officials,
including chairman Nazaruddin Syamsuddin, members Mulyana W.
Kusumah and Rusadi Kantaprawira, acting secretary-general
Sussongko Suhardjo and treasurer Hamdani Amin. -- JP

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