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Jail Term Sought for Ex-PLN Chief Eddie Widiono
December 08, 2011

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antifreeze
7:52pm Dec 8, 2011

no subtulty here,an 800million pricetag converts to 700 billion.

Can anyone give me the true % markup here? I suspect his 'handling' fee might be even over the odds even for this obviously wealthy country of ours.

And is a fine of 500 million true justice in this particular case?

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Prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for Eddie Widiono, the former head of state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, for alleged price-fixing and corruption in a Rp 700 billion ($78 million) database project.

Muhibuddin, the lead prosecutor at Eddie’s trial, told the Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday that the defendant had engaged in corruption in pushing through the project to set up a customer information database for PLN’s Jakarta office and appointing a contractor, Netway Utama, to provide equipment and services.

Prosecutors are also seeking a Rp 500 million fine.

Witnesses earlier testified that Eddie insisted on going ahead with the project despite misgivings from the PLN board.

The witnesses said the project was overpriced, given a similar database at PLN’s Bandung office cost just Rp 800 million to set up. 

Jakarta Globe