TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-A Member of Commission VII of the House of Representatives Dewie Yasin Limpo and her staff Bambang Wahyu Hadi have been sentenced to six years in jail and Rp200 million in fine, with 3-month subsidiary sentence. Both have been found guilty of receiving bribes from the head of Deiyai District Energy Department Irenius Adi and businessman Setiyadi Jusuf, through Rinelda Bandaso.
Dewie and Bambang have been found guilty of violating Article 12-a of Law No. 31/1999 as amended with Law No. 2/2001 on Corruption Eradication in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.
The judicial panel said both have been proven to have taken 177,700 Singapore dollars from the head of Deiyai District Energy Department Irenius Adi and businessman Setiyadi Jusuf, through Rinelda Bandaso. The money was given for Dewie to push for Rp50 billion budget from the central government for power plant construction project in Deiyai District, Papua.
The sentence was lighter than the prosecutors had sought. Earlier, prosecutors had sought 9 year prison term for Dewie and Bambang and Rp300 million in fines, with 6-month subsidiary sentence. In addition, the prosecutors had also sought revocation of Dewie’s political rights.
MAYA AYU PUSPITASARI