Hong Kong, May 18 -- Former Garuda Indonesia president, Emirsyah Satar, was deciding at press time if he would appeal against an eight-year prison sentence and US$1.4 million in fines after he was convicted of bribery and money laundering by Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission on May 8.
Satar led the carrier group from 2005 to 2014 and had previously denied the charges.
Also convicted and sentenced to prison terms were Garuda's engineering and management director, Hadinoto Soedigno, Garuda executive project manager, Agus Wahjudo, and Soetikno Soedarjo, a former president director of one of Indonesia's largest retail conglomerates.
Prosecutors had asked for a 12-year sentence for the former Garuda boss, but the judgment took int...