[Straits Times] INDONESIA'S former anti-graft chief Antasari Azhar was sentenced to 18 years' jail yesterday after he was found guilty of ordering the mafia-style killing of a company director.Well, at least he wasn't corrupt...
Judge Herri Swantoro told a packed South Jakarta court: 'Defendant Antasari Azhar has been legitimately proven guilty of participating in persuading others to execute a premeditated murder.'
It took the judge and others seven hours to read out the 179-page judgment.
Antasari, 56, said he would appeal.
During a sensational trial televised across Indonesia, he was accused of ordering the murder of Mr Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, 41, the director of a state-owned firm.
In court, the prosecution said Antasari wanted Mr Nasrudin dead because the businessman had threatened to reveal that the anti-graft chief was having an affair with his third wife.