Anas Urbaningrum Gets Eight Years for Graft

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Former Democratic Party chairman, Anas Urbaningrum attends his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia (9/24). Indonesias Anti-Corruption Court sentenced former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum to eight years in jail for money laundering and corruption. TEMPO/Eko Siswono Toyudho

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Former Democratic Party chairman, Anas Urbaningrum attends his trial in Jakarta (9/24). A five-member panel of the anti-graft Corruption Court found Anas Urbaningrum guilty of accepting money and property as bribes while arranging construction contracts for government-funded projects, such as a $122 million sports complex in West Java. TEMPO/Eko Siswono Toyudho

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Former Democratic Party chairman, Anas Urbaningrum attends his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia (9/24). A former top leader of Indonesia's ruling Democratic Party was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for corruption and money laundering. TEMPO/Eko Siswono Toyudho

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Former Democratic Party chairman, Anas Urbaningrum (L) attends his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia (9/24). Indonesias Anti-Corruption Court sentenced former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum to eight years in jail for money laundering and corruption. Jevayona Delita/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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Former head of the Democrat party Anas Urbaningrum (C) is hugged by his supporters after his trial in Jakarta (9/24). The former chairman of Indonesia's ruling party was jailed for eight years for corruption on September 24, the latest in a series of graft cases that have cast a shadow over the final years of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decade in power. STR/AFP/Getty Images

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