Dessy Sagita – The Anti-Corruption Court has found three sitting or former legislators guilty of involvement in a high-profile bribery case but sentenced the trio to comparatively light prison sentences.

Sitting United Development Party (PPP) legislator Endin Soefihara was sentenced to 1 year and three months jail for his role in the Rp 24 billion ($2.7 million) bribery case involving the appointment of economist Miranda Goeltom as Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor in 2004.

The sentence by delivered by Judge Jupriyadi. Asked whether he would file an appeal, Endin said he would think about it.

Endin and former Golkar Party lawmaker Hamka Yandhu were accused of receiving Rp 7.3 billion and Rp 2 billion respectively in exchange for voting for Miranda.

In separate trials, former lawmaker Udju Djuhaeri from the now defunct Police and Military Faction and sitting Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Dudhie Makmun Murod were both sentenced to 2 years in jail and fined Rp 100 million each. The sentence was lighter than the prosecutors' demand of 3 year jail sentences and fines of Rp 150 million each.

Udju and Dudhie told presiding judge Nani Indrawati that they were yet to decide whether they would appeal the verdicts.

The scandal has implicated a number of PDI-P lawmakers, as well as legislators from the PPP and Golkar. It also highlighted the depth of graft within the House of Representatives. A fourth verdict is expected this afternoon.