Supreme Court Rejects Miranda Goeltom's Appeal

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of former Bank Indonesia's senior deputy governor Miranda Goeltom over a travel check bribery case, upholding her three-year jail term previously meted out by lower and appellate courts.

"There is a legal fact proving that the convict has committed a series of deeds with the transfer of travel checks to legislators until she was elected senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia (BI),"  Artidjo Alkostar who chaired Supreme Court (MA)'s Appeal Panel on Miranda's case, said here on Friday.

He said that the first level and appellate courts had considered relevant matters rightfully.

Artidjo said the MA's verdict on Mirand's appeal was decided by acclamation by all members of the judge panel which was chaired by Artidjo with judge members consisting of Justice Mohammad Askin and MS Lumme on Thursday, April 25.

The Corruption Crime Court has previously handed down a three-year jail sentence to Miranda with a fine of Rp100 million in lieu of three months in solitary confinement. (IGT)