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Graft Prosecutors Seek Jail for Former Minister
Rizky Amelia | December 09, 2011

Former Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno listening to prosecutors during his trial at the Anti-Corruption Court in Jakarta on Friday. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno) Former Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno listening to prosecutors during his trial at the Anti-Corruption Court in Jakarta on Friday. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno)
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padt
5:59am Dec 10, 2011

I got up early so as to have some peace and quiet in which to write. Any chance of that? No way. As usual come 5.40am some fool nearby has started on a microphone, as loud as all out, shouting and ranting. Usual fare on many Saturdays where I live. It will continue now throughout the morning; screaming, ranting, loud music at an extraordinarily offensive volume - more than likely a political party.

If for no other reason - corruption, lying and treason through betraying the country, these politicians and their cohorts should be sent to prison for being stupid, arrogant and DISTURBING THE PEACE! They are idiots before they get elected, idiots while they are elected, and idiots for the brief time they are in prison.

I would put them in a cell WITH LOUD MUSIC AND SOMONE'S VOICE SCREAMING AND RANTING AT THEM 20 hours a day.

As for Hari, I would also ring fire alarms every hour in his cell for the duration of his (no doubt) brief stay.

These inconsiderate louts are vulgar.


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Prosecutors at the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Friday demanded a five-year sentence for former Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno for his alleged role in a multi-billion rupiah graft scandal in 2003 and 2004.

Hari, a retired general who served as minister under President Megawati Sukarnoputri, is accused of instructing governors, district heads and mayors to purchase a type of fire engine distributed in the country exclusively by two companies, Istana Sarana Raya and Satal Nusantara, owned by businessman Hengky Samuel Daud.

It is estimated the scam cost the state Rp 183 billion ($20.3 million) in losses in 2003 and 2004.

“Together with Hengky, the defendant met with heads of local governments, instructing them to purchase fire engines with disregard for the actual need of the respective administrations,” prosecutor I Ketut Sumedane said in the closing argument.

Prosecutors also demanded a Rp 250 million fine.

“The defendant has not been truthful [in his testimony] and is not remorseful for his actions,” Ketut told the court.

The prosecution alleges that Hari and Hengky conspired to inflate the cost of the fire engines, causing the state more thanRp 86 billion in losses.

It also said that the fire engines were brought into the country by Hengky’s companies without paying import duties, causing a further Rp 97 billion in state losses.

The prosecution said that Hari had profited by more than Rp 1.1 billion from the illicit deal. It added that Hengky had provided Hari’s wife, Cheny Kolondam, with a house in the Kota Wisata housing complex in Gunung Putri, east of Jakarta.

“The defendant was also given a Volvo sedan worth Rp 808 million in 2005,” the prosecutor told the court. Hari said that he would personally respond to the sentence demand, adding that his team of lawyers would also provide legal arguments.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigated Hari’s alleged role for almost a year. It said that its investigation was slowed after Hengky died last year while serving an 18-year prison sentence.

The case also brought down a former director general of regional autonomy, Oentarto Sindung Mawardi, who in January 2010 was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the affair.

Several senior officials have already been jailed for their roles in the scandal, most notably former Riau Governor Saleh Djasit and former Medan Mayor Abdillah.

The case also involves former West Java Governor Dani Setiawan, who was found guilty of receiving Rp 2.8 billion in kickbacks from Hengky and sentenced to four years in prison by the same court.