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A Questionable Sentence

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The light sentence meted out to a Justice & Prosperity Party politician found guilty of fraud could inspire more banking crimes. A thorough review of his case must be carried out.

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IT appears that courts do not always act according to one’s sense of justice. Take the case of Misbakhun, the House of Representatives (DPR) member accused of falsifying a US$22.5 million Bank Century letter of credit (LC). The prosecution demanded an eight-year sentence and a fine of Rp10 billion for Misbakhun, but strangely, the judges sentenced him only to one year in jail, and no fine.

Clearly, the bad odor emanating from this verdict cann

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