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Four years sought for ex-W. Java governor Irawaty Wardany , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/10/2009 1:03 PM | National The long arm of the law: Former West Java governor Dani Setiawan listens to one of his lawyers after a trial session at the corruption court in Jakarta on Tuesday. Prosecutors called for Dani to be jailed for four years for his role in an alleged involvement in graft case involving the procurement of fire engines, which caused state losses of up to Rp 50 billion (US$ 4.1 million) in 2003 and 2004. JP/J. Adiguna Prosecutors have demanded a four-year jail term for former West Java governor Danny Setiawan and his two subordinates for embezzling billions of rupiah through a project in the province between 2003-2004. "We demand the panel of judges at the Corruption Court declare the defendants Danny Setiawan, Wahyu Kurnia and Ijuddin Budhyana guilty of collective corruption and sentence them each to four years in jail," prosecutor KMS Roni said, reading from the demand at the Corruption Court on Tuesday. They also demanded each defendant pay Rp 200 million (US$20,000) in fines or face an additional six months in prison. The case revolves around a project which allocated Rp 140 billion for purchasing fire engines and ambulances for the province between 2003 and 2004. Danny Setiawan, province secretary in 2003 and West Java governor in 2004, Wahyu Kurnia, division head for appliances and Ijuddin Budhyana, division head for program monitoring, met with several suppliers prior to the project contract being decided, Roni said. They agreed to ensure PT Istana Sarana Raya owner Hengky Samuel Daud and PT Setia Jaya Mobilindo owner Yusuf Setiawan would win contracts for the project. They also decided to directly appoint PT Traktor Nusantara, PT Setia Utama Mobilindo and PT Satal Nusantara to partake in the projects, the prosecutor said. The defendants arranged what equipment would be purchased for the project based on proposals from the companies. "It is clear that they all collaborated and misused their authority to financially benefit from the projects," the prosecutor said. All the evidence showed that the defendants received money in return for favoring the companies, he said. "Danny Setiawan received Rp 2.75 billion, Wahyu Kurnia Rp 1.3 billion and Ijuddin Budhyana Rp 385 million," said prosecutor Ketut Sumedana. The defendants' alleged crimes allowed the companies to mark up the prices of the products and earn massive profits from the projects. "PT. Setia Jaya Mobilindo earned Rp 18.23 billion, PT Satal Nusantara Rp 6.44 billion, PT Setia Utama Mobilindo Rp 7.49 billion, PT Traktor Nusantara Rp 23.08 billion and PT Istana Sarana Raya Rp 16.79 billion," said the prosecutor. In total, the state suffered Rp 72 billion in losses. Previously the KPK halted the corruption trial of another defendant in the case, Yusuf Setiawan, who died of liver complications last month. Danny and his subordinates were the latest officials charged with corruption in relation to this scandal. A number of officials in several provinces and regencies have already been convicted by the court for embezzling funds allocated to purchase similar equipment. Former Medan mayor Abdillah is now serving his five-year jail term, while former Makassar mayor Baso Amiruddin Maula and former Riau governor Saleh Djasit are both serving four-year sentences. During the trials, some witnesses and defendants testified that ministerial circulars from former home minister Hari Sabarno authorized the regional officials to directly appoint a company to the project. However, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not yet named the former minister as a suspect, despite having questioned him several times already in connection with the case.
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