Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party (PPP) lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the corruption scandal involving the appointment of Miranda Goeltom to become a Bank Indonesia deputy governor in 2004.

Danial Tandjung and Softan Usman, both from the United Development Party (PPP), were proven guilty of taking hundreds of millions of rupiah in traveler's checks in exchange for voting for Miranda.

"We declare [both suspects] guilty of committing corruption by accepting gifts in relation to their positions [at the House of Representatives]," presiding judge Marsudin Nainggolan said.

On Friday, 10 former Golkar lawmakers were also sentenced to prison, with each receiving 16 months. Whistle-blower Agus Condro Prayitno, a former Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker, was sentenced on Friday to 15 months jail.