Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Ibrahim has become the first Indonesian judge to be jailed for corruption after the respected Anti-Corruption Court jailed him for six years in prison for accepting Rp 300 million ($33,300) in bribes.

During his trial, Ibrahim, 53, who had already been suspended from the State Administrative High Court, admitted that he had received the bribe from lawyer Adner Sirait and his client, businessman Darianus Lungguk Sitorus, in exchange for a favorable ruling over a land dispute.

The case revolves around rival claims by Darianus's company, PT Sabar Ganda, and the West Jakarta administration over a 10-hectare lot in Cengkareng, West Jakarta.

A lower court had ruled in favor of the state, but Sabar Ganda appealed to the Jakarta Administrative High Court. Prosecutors say that Ibrahim asked Adner for a bribe before the appeal was even heard.

Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) last month demanded that the court sentence Ibrahim to 12 years in prison arguing that he had undermined the public's trust in the legal system.

The Anti-Corruption Court, however, felt that Ibrahim had shown remorse and was in poor health owing to kidney failure. Ibrahim was also ordered to pay Rp 200 million in fines.

Both sides have seven days to lodge an appeal to the Jakarta High Court.