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Indonesia court sentences former lawmaker on corruption charges

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] An Indonesian court Monday sentenced former legislator Al Amien Nur Nasution to eight years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $23,000 in fines in connection with bribery and blackmail charges. The court found Al Amien, former member of the House of Representatives agricultural and forestry commission, guilty of receiving kickbacks from local businessmen for securing House approval of several forest conservation projects as well as for blackmailing several companies in order to obtain a global positioning system (GPS), gas stations, and sanitation equipment for the Forestry Ministry. The court dismissed allegations that Al Amien influenced a House commission decision to go through with the conservation project. Al Amien has said he will appeal the verdict. Several other former members of the House commission for forestry and agricultural affairs have also been implicated. In September, former commission member Sarjan Tahir was sentenced to twenty years for his role in one of the conservation bribery schemes.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 06, 2009 (boomark / email).