Panda Hears Heavy Sentence Demand

PANDA Nababan, a defendant in the traveler’s checks case, had a rude awakening in court last Wednesday. Prosecutors demanded three years in prison and a fine of Rp150 million. Prosecutors consider Panda guilty of receiving 29 checks worth Rp1.45 billion in relation to the election of the senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia in 2004.

The total amount received in checks by politicians of the Indonesian Dem