Ex-senior officials jailed for graft

Ex-senior officials jailed for graft

SURABAYA: Former Surabaya legislative council speaker Mochamad
Basuki and former city secretary Muhammad Yasin have been jailed
for corruption.

The Surabaya District Court found Basuki guilty of abuse of
power, causing losses of Rp 2.7 billion (US$329,268) to the
state, when he was speaker of the council, Antara reported on
Thursday.

He was jailed for 18 months, fined Rp 20 million and ordered
to repay Rp 200 million to the state. Prosecutors had demanded a
two-year-jail term for Basuki.

Judge Miswari Ismijati said the defendant was not guilty of
the main charge of having enriched himself.

Prosecutors and Basuki's lawyers are both considering filing
appeals.

In a separate trial, the court sentenced Yasin to nine months
in jail for his involvement in the same case. He was ordered to
return Rp 25 million to the state. --JP