A Shock Decision

A former bank director was sentenced to five years imprisonment, but only ordered to pay a fine of Rp30 million.

May 13, 2003

In a breakthrough verdict, the South Jakarta District Court's Lalu Mariyun delivered a harsh sentence against former Bank Aspac president director Setiawan Haryono, last week. Mariyun ignored the prosecutor's recommended sentence of one year in prison, and sent Setiawan to five years in prison. The verdict follows a series of lenient court sentences against corruption suspects. Unlike other court verdicts against convicted corruptors, Mariyun d

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