Rizky Amelia – Case broker Ary Muladi on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to bribe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders and the obstruction of justice.

The Anti-Corruption Court also slapped Ary with a Rp 250 million ($29,250) fine in lieu of an additional six months in jail.

Ary was convicted of attempting to bribe KPK deputy chairmen Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto with Rp 5.1 billion to get the KPK to drop an investigation into Anggodo's brother, Anggoro Widjojo, and his company, Masaro Radiokom. The panel of judges also convicted Ary of the obstruction of justice.

The court said that Ary's false claim that Chandra and Bibit had actually received the bribe had put the KPK leaders in legal trouble as they were named as suspects, hence, hampering the investigation into the case. (Beritasatu.com)