Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the corruption scandal surrounding the appointment of a central bank deputy governor in 2004.

Danial Tandjung and Sofyan Usman, both former lawmakers from the party, also known as the PPP, were found guilty of each taking Rp 500 million ($58,000) in bribes in exchange for voting for economist Miranda Goeltom to the Bank Indonesia post.

"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.

There was, however, a dissenting opinion offered by one judge from the panel, Andi Bachtiar.

Andi said he was of the opinion that Danial should have been acquitted of all charges because prosecutors had failed to prove he had actually accepted the bribe.

"It was never proven that the defendant had received the traveler's checks, during the course of the trial," he said.

On Friday, 10 former Golkar Party lawmakers were each sentenced to 16 months in jail for their roles in the scandal.

Agus Condro Prayitno, the former Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker who blew the whistle on the case, was also given 15 months' jail on Friday, which was three months lighter than that demanded by the prosecutor.

He was also fined Rp 50 million, or an additional three months in prison.

Agus said he was disappointed with the verdict because it would make people too afraid to expose graft. Referring to the Law on Protection of Witness and Victims, Agus said whistle-blowers should be granted amnesty for coming forward.

One of the suspects in the case, Nunun Nurbaeti, the wife of a former National Police deputy chief, is believed to be at large overseas, with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) enlisting the help of Interpol to locate her.