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Businessman Tommy Sumardi attends a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court on November 2. ANTARA/THE JAKARTA POST
Jakarta court urged to hit businessman with 18 months over Djoko Tjandra case
Thu, 17 December 2020
Prosecutors have demanded that the Jakarta Corruption Court sentence businessman Tommy Sumardi to one year and six months in prison for assisting Djoko Tjandra with his Interpol red notice removal.
“[We demand that] defendant Tommy Sumardi be sentenced under Article 5 or Article 13 of the law on corruption eradication,” the prosecutors said on December 15, as quoted by tempo.co. Prosecutors also demanded that Tommy pay a fine of 100 million rupiah ($7,100).
Prosecutors have demanded that the Jakarta Corruption Court sentence businessman Tommy Sumardi to one year and six months in prison for assisting Djoko Tjandra with his Interpol red notice removal.
“[We demand that] defendant Tommy Sumardi be sentenced under Article 5 or Article 13 of the law on corruption eradication,” the prosecutors said on Tuesday, as quoted by
tempo.co.
Prosecutors also demanded that Tommy pay a fine of Rp 100 million (US$7,045).
Tommy allegedly acted as a middleman between Djoko and two former police generals to arrange for Djoko’s return to Indonesia when he was a fugitive implicated in the Bank Bali corruption case. Djoko previously admitted to paying Rp 10 billion to Tommy for the task.