Jail sought for embezzler

Jail sought for embezzler

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: A prosecutor requested the Makassar
District Court on Wednesday to sentence defendant Sub to 30
months in prison for graft.

Prosecutor Kardiana said that Sub, one of the executives of
express delivery company PT Andalan Express's Makassar branch was
guilty of embezzling company funds amounting to Rp 47 million
(US$5,875).

The prosecutor told the court that the defendant often took
money from the petty cash box kept by finance officer Emilia
Karmelia when she was out of office. The total amount that went
missing from the petty cash was Rp 7 million, and the offenses
were committed between September 2002 and June 2003.

The finance officer confronted the defendant about the missing
money, and the defendant promised that he would repay it.

He also often demanded money from Emilia saying that he needed
it for company business. This money amounted a total Rp 40
million.

The defendant was caught after he was questioned about the
money by auditors from the company's headquarters in the East
Java capital of Surabaya who had been sent to audit the company's
Makassar branch office's books.

Before the panel of judges, Sub confessed his crime and asked
the court to show leniency. -- Antara