Five-year prison term demanded for business tycoon Hartati

Siti Hartati Murdaya: (Antara/Rosa Panggabean)

Prosecutors have demanded the Jakarta Corruption Court sentence defendant Hartati Murdaya, a business tycoon, to five years in prison for bribery.

“We ask the panel of judges to declare the defendant [Hartati] guilty of violating Article 5 of the Corruption Law,” leading prosecutor Edy Hartoyo read out the sentence demand before the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday.

Hartati has been charged under Article 5 on bribery, which carries a maximum five-year prison term, and Article 13 on gratuities, which carries a maximum three-year jail term.

Prosecutors have also demanded that Hartati be fined Rp 250 million (US$25,947).

Hartati is accused of paying a Rp 3 billion (US310,650) bribe to former Buol regent Amran Batalipu to expedite the business permit issuance for her oil palm plantation company PT Hartati Inti Plantation.

The Corruption Eradication Commission has named three other suspects in the case, namely Amran and Hartati’s aides Gondo Sudjono and Yani Ansori.

Amran is also standing trial in similar case in which prosecutors have demanded a 12-year prison term.

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