Four years sought for councillors

Four years sought for councillors

SURAKARTA, Central Java: Prosecutors recommended a four-year
prison sentence for 10 Surakarta city councillors serving the
1999-2004 term in a Rp 4.2 billion graft case on Monday.

Prosecutor Ponco Hartanto found them guilty of violating Law
No. 31/1999 and the revised Law No. 20/2001 on corruption.

"The thing that should be taken into account is, they feel no
remorse, no sense of justice. At the time when many people are
living in poverty, they used the country's money," Ponco said.

He said that due to graft, former council speaker Bambang
Mudiarto allegedly had an additional income of Rp 266 million a
year and deputy council speaker Yusuf Hidayat got an extra Rp 89
million. -- JP