Indonesia court jails ex-Garuda chief over new graft case

1/8/2024 11:34

        An Indonesian court sentenced a former chief of state carrier Garuda Indonesia to five years in prison on Wednesday for corruption linked to procuring jets from planemaker Bombardier and turboprop maker ATR.
        
        Acourt document showed, prosecutors had said Emirsyah Satar, who ran Garuda from 2005 to 2014, had procured Bombardier's CRJ and ATR 72 jets without proper procedures and board approval in 2011. A "lack of transparency" led to the planes' poor performance, costing the state about $610 million.
        
        State news agency Antara reported, Judge Rianto Adam Pontoh from the Jakarta corruption court sentenced Emirsyah to jail on corruption charges and ordered him to pay a 500 million rupiah ($30,759.77) fine.
        
        In 2020, Emirsyah was also sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery and money laundering in buying planes and engines from Airbus and Rolls-Royce.
        Monang Sagala, Emirsyah's lawyer, confirmed the ruling and said the legal counsel has not made a decision on whether to appeal or not.