Three jailed for forgery

Three jailed for forgery

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: The Meulaboh District Court
has sentenced three legislative candidates in West Aceh regency
to one month in prison each for poll violations.

The presiding judge in the district court found them guilty of
forging school diplomas to enable them to register as legislative
candidates in the regency, a poll official has said.

Zuhri Hasibuan, the chairman of Aceh General Elections
Commission (Aceh KPUD), identified the three on Monday as Tajudin
and Azhar from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-
P) and Usman bin Nyak Neh from the Golkar Party.

"This is the first verdict of its kind in the province," Zuhri
said.

Following the verdict, the three have been banned from
contesting the election, Zuhri said. Of the total 63 poll
violations in Aceh, 55 have involved school diploma forgery, he
said. -- JP