Prosecutors have demanded that nonactive lawmaker and defendant Bulyan Royan serve eight years in jail and pay Rp 500 million (US$41,400) in fines for accepting bribes for a procurement tender at the Transportation Ministry.
The prosecutors also asked that the defendant serve an additional six months in jail should he fail to pay the money.
During Wednesday’s trial session in the corruption court, prosecutor Agus Salim said Bulyan had violated article 12.A of the 1999 corruption law.
“The defendant has been proved to have actively asked and received money from businessmen taking part in the procurement tender in 2007,” he told tempointeraktif.com.
Out of the total project fund worth Rp 35 billion, he added, the defendant had received Rp 3.4 billion from businessmen Dedy Suwarsono, Dwi Aningsih, Suratno Ramli, Kresna Santosa, Chandra and Hosea Aliminata.
Bulyan’s lawyer Safrianto Refa said he was disappointed with the demand and that it was heavier than he had expected.
“We expected our client would serve up to six years since he did not actively ask for the money and he arranged meetings to carry out the project,” he told journalists after the court session. (ewd)
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