JAKARTA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The judging panel in an Indonesian corruption court sentenced to eight years imprisonment against Patrialis Akbar, a former judge of the state's Constitutional Court, for corruption during his service in the respected institution.
Akbar will also be fined 300 million rupiah (22,400 U.S. dollars) and if he cannot pay the fines, he would have to spend another three months in jail, said head of the judging panel Nawawi Pamolango.
The sentence was lower than 12.5 years demanded by prosecutors in the previous trial.
Akbar was proved of taking bribe money which amounted to 70,000 U.S. dollars from meat importers.
The court had previously sentenced two meat importers who bribed Akbar with seven and five years imprisonments respectively.
