Indonesia’s first female provincial leader jailed

The head of one of the country’s most powerful political dynasties was jailed for 4 years for bribing a top judge over an election dispute. The case of Ratu Atut Chosiyah has transfixed even graft-weary Indonesia since her arrest last year for giving kickbacks to the Constitutional Court’s then chief justice, Akil Mochtar. Her family dominates wealthy Banten province on the main island of Java, controlling 5 of its 8 districts. It is one of several local political dynasties that have flourished since the 1998 downfall of dictator Suharto. Judges at the special Anti-Corruption Court in Jakarta found the 52-year-old suspended Banten governor guilty of bribing Akil with IDR1 billion ($85,000) to annul a local election result in Banten that went against one of her close associates.

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