PDI-P candidate jailed for forgery

PDI-P candidate jailed for forgery

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The Kendari District Court here
has sentenced Supriadi Saranani, a legislative candidate from the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), to four months
in jail for using a false diploma.

The sentence on Friday was lighter than the seven months being
sought by prosecutor Purnama.

The case came to light when the Konawe regency Election
Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) attempted to verify the high
school diploma submitted by Supriadi, who was a legislative
candidate in Konawe regency near Kendari, the capital of
Southeast Sulawesi.

When officials from the supervisory committed checked the
diploma with the Southeast Sulawesi Education Office, the office
declared the diploma was a fake.

The Panwaslu officials then filed a report with the police and
the case was brought to trial.

Following the verdict, Supriadi was disqualified from
contesting the elections by the Konawe General Elections
Commission. -- JP