SP/Novianti Setuningsih | March 12, 2013

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/corruption-watchdog-urges-kpk-to-charge-angelina-with-money-laundering/579208

An antigraft watchdog wants the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to charge graft convict Angelina Sondakh with money laundering and increase her jail sentence.

The request of the Indonesian Corruption Watch came as a result of Angelina’s indictment being released to the public.

Three law lecturers — lecturer of Attorney General Education and Training Center Adnan Pasliadja, lecturer of Islam Indonesia University law faculty Sahlan Said and lecturer of University of Indonesia law faculty Ganjar Laksmana — analyzed the indictment and discovered a money transfer from Angelina to her personal assistant Lindina Wulandari worth Rp 2.5 billion ($257,812).

The ICW also said it found evidence of a $45,000 transfer to a witness named Anita Elizabete Lalaim to pay BNI Life Insurance.

“The KPK should charge Angie [Angelina] with money laundering that was not indicted on her in the [graft] case that has been decided by the anti-corruption court,” Emerson Yuntho, a law and court monitoring division head of ICW, said on Monday.

He said that the commission should use the law on money laundering to increase Angelina’s sentence in order to deter others from similar crimes.

Emerson said that Angelina, a former lawmaker from the Democratic Party, should be required to prove that her wealth and assets were obtained according to the law. If she fails to prove it, he said, then the wealth should be confiscated.

The former deputy secretary general of the Democratic party was found guilty over her roles in two corruption cases, believed to have cost the state $3.6 million in losses. The sentence, 4.5 years in jail and a Rp 250 million fine, is much lower than the 12-year prison term and Rp 500 million fine sought by the prosecutors. The prosecutors also want her to repay state losses.