Village head gets jail time for scam

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court has sentenced E. Herdian, 51, head of Baranangsiang village, to four months in jail for issuing a fake land document permitting the sale of a 1,182- square-meter plot on Jl. Bina Marga.

Presiding judge Martini said in her verdict on Wednesday that his offense violated Article 266 of the Criminal Code on land certificate falsification.

The document was issued on June 12, 1997, at the request of Miftah Yudhi Hermawan, 48, who intended to sell the land to Achmad Subyo, she said.

Miftah made the request by submitting a number of supporting papers, including transfer of ownership.

Martini said the land was not in dispute even though the land legally belonged to Yarlis Bachtiar.

"In court, however, it was uncovered that all the papers given by Miftah were fake as well," she said.

The defendant will appeal. (24/hhr)