SE Asia
Feb 12, 2010
MAFIA-STYLE KILLING OVER SEX SCANDAL IN INDONESIA
Antasari gets 18 years jail
Former anti-graft chief to appeal, three others jailed five to 15 years
<!-- by line --> By Salim Osman, Indonesia Correspondent
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'I respect the decision of the judges, but I still want to seek truth and justice.'
Former top graft buster Antasari Azhar, on his conviction
HE WAS COOPERATIVE
'The sentence is not intended as revenge, but to make the defendant aware of his mistakes.'
Presiding Judge Herri Swantoro, on why Antasari did not get the death sentence
Former head of the Corruption Eradication Commission Antasari Azhar gestures as he talks to journalists after his trial in Jakarta on February 11, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA - INDONESIA'S former anti-graft chief Antasari Azhar was sentenced to 18 years' jail yesterday after he was found guilty of ordering the mafia-style killing of a company director. Judge Herri Swantoro told a packed South Jakarta court: 'Defendant Antasari Azhar has been legitimately proven guilty of participating in persuading others to execute a premeditated murder.' It took the judge and others seven hours to read out the 179-page judgment. Antasari, 56, said he would appeal. During a sensational trial televised across Indonesia, he was accused of ordering the murder of Mr Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, 41, the director of a state-owned firm. In court, the prosecution said Antasari wanted Mr Nasrudin dead because the businessman had threatened to reveal that the anti-graft chief was having an affair with his third wife.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Feb 12, 2010
MAFIA-STYLE KILLING OVER SEX SCANDAL IN INDONESIA
Antasari gets 18 years jail
Former anti-graft chief to appeal, three others jailed five to 15 years
<!-- by line --> By Salim Osman, Indonesia Correspondent
<!-- end by line -->
<!--background story, collapse if none--> LET ME FILE APPEAL
'I respect the decision of the judges, but I still want to seek truth and justice.'
Former top graft buster Antasari Azhar, on his conviction
HE WAS COOPERATIVE
'The sentence is not intended as revenge, but to make the defendant aware of his mistakes.'
Presiding Judge Herri Swantoro, on why Antasari did not get the death sentence
Former head of the Corruption Eradication Commission Antasari Azhar gestures as he talks to journalists after his trial in Jakarta on February 11, 2010. -- PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA - INDONESIA'S former anti-graft chief Antasari Azhar was sentenced to 18 years' jail yesterday after he was found guilty of ordering the mafia-style killing of a company director. Judge Herri Swantoro told a packed South Jakarta court: 'Defendant Antasari Azhar has been legitimately proven guilty of participating in persuading others to execute a premeditated murder.' It took the judge and others seven hours to read out the 179-page judgment. Antasari, 56, said he would appeal. During a sensational trial televised across Indonesia, he was accused of ordering the murder of Mr Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, 41, the director of a state-owned firm. In court, the prosecution said Antasari wanted Mr Nasrudin dead because the businessman had threatened to reveal that the anti-graft chief was having an affair with his third wife.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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