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View all search resultsSeven years prison sentence sought against PDI-P's Hasto
Prosecutors of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) urged the bench to declare Hasto guilty of bribery and obstruction of justice in a case involving former General Elections Commission (KPU) member.
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Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general and graft defendant Hasto Kristiyanto waves to journalists upon walking to the courtroom of the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on July 3. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors demand the judge punish Hasto with a seven-year imprisonment and a Rp 600 million (US$36,947) fine in a bribery and obstruction of justice case involving a former General Elections Commission (KPU) member. (Antara/Bayu Pratama S.)
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have requested a panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court to declare Hasto Kristiyanto, the secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), guilty of bribery and obstruction and to punish him with a seven year jail sentence.
Aside from the prison sentence, the judge was also urged to slap Hasto with “a Rp 600 million (US$36,947) fine or six months of imprisonment in default”, KPK prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto read the sentence demand during a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday, as quoted by Antara.
The PDI-P senior politician is standing trial for his alleged role in the bribery of former General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan.
The antigraft body suspected Hasto, along with his aide Donny Tri Istiqomah and PDI-P members Harun Masiku and Saeful Bahri of bribing the KPU member S$57,350 (Rp 730 million) to push the poll body to approve a request to replace an elected PDI-P lawmaker from South Sumatra with Harun.
The case also implicated former Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) member Agustiani Tio Fridelina, who discussed the fee needed to pass Harun as a House lawmaker.
Saeful, Wahyu and Agustiani had been convicted in the case, while Harun still remains at large more than five years after he was named a suspect in a bribery case in 2020.
