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Sep 5, 2008

Indon graftbusters' uphill battle

JAKARTA - ROGUE Indonesian prosecutor Urip Tri Gunawan has a dubious nickname - the 'Six Billion Rupiah Man'.

That was the amount of bribe money police found on him when they arrested Urip in March outside a mansion once owned by a bank tycoon he was supposed to be investigating.

On Thursday, he was sentenced to 20 years' jail for taking the bribe, equal to about US$660,000, in exchange for helping the tycoon get off the hook.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

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