KPK indicts KPU official

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