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Malinda's Sister Sentenced to House Arrest
Rangga Prakoso | January 19, 2012

Visca Lovitasari, sister of Inong Malinda Dee, received house arrest on Thursday for her role in an embezzlement scheme. (Antara Photo) Visca Lovitasari, sister of Inong Malinda Dee, received house arrest on Thursday for her role in an embezzlement scheme. (Antara Photo)
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jchay
9:16am Jan 20, 2012

@BilboBaggins: only in Indonesia where you stole a million dollars and is fined $22,000 and house arrest.. or you can destroy properties, attack innocent people, kill Ahmadis, and only get between 3 to 6 months in prison. What an awesome country, Mr SBY is awesome!!!

Serigala-Berbulu-Domba
4:58am Jan 20, 2012

One can but wonder whether there will be any parallels with the former head of Pertamina, Ibnu Sutowo's case, who was sentenced to house arrest as a result of financial 'mismanagement' while at the helm Pertamina. Ibnu Sutowo after playing a game of golf outside Java was asked by journalists wasn't he under a sentence involving house arrest. Ibnu Sutowo responded that he wasn't under house arrest but that his house was under arrest. Ibnu Sutowo owned many

houses....


facepalm
9:29pm Jan 19, 2012

Why do the Indonesian courts insist on handing down paltry sentences to major corrupters and embezzlers? Does this country not understand that they are sawing off their own arms and legs with this tolerance to theft and blatant corruption? Look at what you could achieve if only you could sort yourselves out and stop robbing each other blind at any given opportunity. There's a whole world out there waiting to invest in your country but they won't so long as headlines like this keep hitting the web.


BilboBaggins
9:14pm Jan 19, 2012

She recieves nearly a million dollars of stolen money and is fined $22,000 and house arrest?

I'll sign up for that deal.

From the way it reads here this would actually encourage people to do this, am I missing something?

I know her husband got jailed but even so.

Has all the money been recovered maybe?

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Visca Lovitasari, the sister of Inong Malinda Dee, got off lightly on Thursday compared to her other relatives, with the South Jakarta District Court sentencing her to two years and 10 months of house arrest and a Rp 200 million fine ($22,000) for money laundering.

Earlier on Thursday, Visca’s husband, Ismail bin Janim, was handed three years and eight months in prison for laundering funds embezzled by Malinda from her wealthy clients at Citibank. Malinda’s common-law husband, Andhika Gumilang, received eight years in prison for money laundering.

Visca held a Bank Central Asia savings account that was used for laundering money, receiving deposits from Malinda from Jan. 24, 2007 until Oct. 19, 2010. At least Rp 7.5 billion was transferred by Malinda to her younger sister account during that period.

Malinda, a former relations manager at Citibank Indonesia, is accused of embezzling and laundering a total of Rp 40 billion ($4.4 million) from her wealthy clients between January 2007 and February 2011.

The judges declined to jail Visca prison time because she has a young child.

Prosecutors had been seeking a prison term of four terms.

Visca said she had not decided whether to appeal.