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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Regent gets five years for corruption

JAKARTA (JP): The Anti-Corruption Court on Tuesday sentenced a non-active regent from Central Java to five years in prison for corruption.

Presiding judge Gus Rizal said Hendy Boedoro, the Kendal regent, was guilty of corruption that inflicted Rp 16.7 billion (US$1.8 million) in losses on the state.

He was also fined a total of Rp 3.6 billion.

Both the prosecutor and Hendy said they would appeal the verdict.

The prosecution had been seeking a 10-year sentence, while Hendy insisted he was innocent.

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