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Aceh governor sent to prison for corruption
 Indonesian anti-corruption officials hauled the governor of tsunami-hit Aceh province from his hospital bed to a Jakarta prison to serve a 10-year sentence for graft, despite his plea that he was too sick to be in jail. Abdullah Puteh was ordered jailed by the country's newly established anti-corruption court in April and fined 3.8 billion rupiah ($US400,000) for his role in marking up the price of a Russian helicopter bought by the province. Judges at the Jakarta appellate court upheld the sentence earlier this month, despite alleged attempts to bribe them. Puteh had been treated in a VVIP room at a Jakarta international hospital since June 17 and his doctors said he had severe heart and gastric problems. But physicians from the country's top heart hospital, who were asked to give a second opinion, said the governor was healthy enough and did not need to be treated in hospital. Posted by: Fred 2005-06-24 |
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