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Indonesian prosecutor jailed for 20 years

By John Aglionby in Jakarta

Published: September 4 2008 11:28 | Last updated: September 4 2008 11:28

Indonesia’s corruption court delivered its heaviest sentence to date Thursday, sentencing a senior prosecutor to 20 years’ imprisonment and a Rp500m ($54,300) fine for taking bribes in return for dropping a multi-billion dollar graft investigation.

The jail sentence given to Urip Tri Gunawan was twice the previous harshest in the court’s three-year history.

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