Indonesian corruption court hands down record sentence

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Updated September 5, 2008 18:42:14

Indonesia's corruption court has handed down its longest sentence, jailing for 20 years a former senior prosecutor with the Attorney General's office. Urip Tri Gunawan's conviction relates to his role in burying a case against a banking tycoon who'd been accused of embezzling three-billion dollars.

Presenter: Katie Hamann
Speakers: Indonesia Corruption Watch spokesman Danang Widoyoko; former Australian diplomat Kevin Evans; Attorney General office spokesman Bona Ventura Naininggolan.

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