JAKARTA, Jul 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – An Indonesian court, yesterday, sentenced the country’s former Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister, Edhy Prabowo, to five years in jail for bribery on lobster larvae export permits.
Prabowo, a politician of the Gerindra Party, was found guilty of violating the 2001 Corruption Law, prohibiting civil servants or state organisers from receiving bribes.
He shall also pay a fine of 400 million Indonesian rupiahs (about 27,600 U.S. dollars) as a substitute of another six-month imprisonment, should he fail to pay, the chairman of the panel of judges, Albertus Usada said, reading out the verdict at the Jakarta Corruption Court.
Prabowo’s right to run for public office shall also be suspended for three years, after serving his punishment.
Prabowo resigned from his post, shortly after his arrest.– NNN-ANTARA
