KPK indicts KPU official

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) indicted on Friday Hamdani Amin, head of the General Elections Commission's (KPU) finance division, over a graft case.

After prosecutors from the KPK filed the indictment the Central Jakarta District Court, which supervises the Anticorruption Court, announced a panel of judges to hear the case.

Jakarta District Court Head I Made Karna said that the panel would be lead by Krisna Menon, a career judge of the Anticorruption Court. The other members are career judge Sutiyono and ad hoc judges Achmad Linoh, Dudu Duswara and I Made Hendra Kusuma.

The schedule for the first hearing will be determined by the panel of judges, he said.

Hamdani is accused of violating Article 5 paragraph 2 of the anticorruption law, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. -- Antara