Indonesia court jails ex-Garuda chief over new corruption case

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 (US$30,759) fine, state news agency Antara reported.

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 to Reuters and said the legal counsel has not made a decision on whether to appeal or not.

Garuda and ATR declined to comment, while Bombardier said “in accordance with best practices when such allegations come to our attention, we launched an internal review conducted by an external counsel”.