Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Friday said they were not worried that this week's graft conviction of a former member would prompt the downfall of others.

The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court sentenced former legislator Wa Ode Nurhayati to six years in prison on Thursday in a bribery case that has exposed the massive scale of budget manipulations in the House of Representatives.

The court found that Wa Ode, a National Mandate Party (PAN) member, had taken a total of Rp 6.2 billion ($646,000) in bribes in relation to two separate infrastructure development programs last year.

But Wa Ode had insisted that she had been framed by top officials at the House committee, accusing them of also receiving bribe money in exchange for supporting the projects' proposed budgets.

"Who said that? It was Wa Ode wasn't it? But did the court say so? Did the KPK [Corruption Eradication Commission] say so?" Budget Committee deputy chairman Tamsil Linrung said on Friday.

"The court said that she did this on her own. Just trace where the money went, don't make any accusations," the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker added.

Melchias Markus Mekeng, the Golkar Party legislator who headed the committee at the time of the scandal, also denied any wrongdoing. "That is only [Wa Ode's] version of events, but the facts are different," he said.

KPK deputy chairman Busyro Muqoddas said before the verdict that the antigraft body would likely announce more suspects.

So far, Wa Ode is the only lawmaker named as a suspect in the case, which also implicated two businessmen said to have provided the bribe money. The two are now on trial at the same court.

The KPK earlier confiscated a laptop computer from a House staffer, Nando, containing details of the Infrastructure Development Acceleration (PPID) program that involved 298 regions across the country.

One of the files found reportedly contains an expansive list of how much money particular officials took in bribes from a large regional infrastructure development project.

In the list, the five House leaders are each assigned a code name, with K1 allegedly referring to House Speaker Marzuki Alie and K2 through K5 to his deputies, KPK chief Abraham Samad told lawmakers. K1 received Rp 300 billion while K2 through K5 got Rp 250 billion each.

Melchias and each of his four deputies were also on the list, the KPK said, code-named P1 through P5. Finally, each political party represented in the House also received a cut, with the list identifying each of them by color.

During her trial, Wa Ode accused Marzuki and his deputies of taking the bribes described in the laptop.

Marzuki, a Democratic Party representative who earlier claimed that Wa Ode made the allegation like a "drunk," demanded she back up her claims with details, such as who gave him the money, the location and method of the bribe.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Wa Ode's lawyer, on Friday said that he would file an appeal against the six-year jail sentence. "We are dissatisfied with the verdict. We will put this in our appeal document," Yusril said.

But he declined to comment further, saying it would be unethical to open a debate in the media about a verdict.

The six-year sentence was lower than the 14 years sought by prosecutors from the KPK. But the court, which also ordered Wa Ode to pay a Rp 500 million fine, said she deserved a more lenient sentence because she had never been convicted of a crime before. The KPK had earlier recommended a Rp 1 billion fine.

Separately, PAN deputy chairman Drajad Wibowo said his party was waiting for the appeal process to conclude before deciding whether Wa Ode, who had resigned from her position as lawmaker, would be fired from the party.