Second Indonesian opposition politician jailed in controversial verdict

Bribery conviction pushes country's largest party farther away from Prabowo, experts say

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Hasto Kristiyanto, secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, speaks to journalists in January. He is sentenced to three and a half years in prison on July 25 over a 2019 bribery case. (Photo by Joseph Rachman)

ISMI DAMAYANTI

JAKARTA -- The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Friday sentenced a senior Indonesian opposition politician to three and a half years in prison, its second graft conviction in a week in cases that critics slammed as politically charged.

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