JAKARTA, Aug. 30 Kyodo The Jakart...

JAKARTA, Aug. 30 Kyodo

The Jakarta High Court has acquitted Indonesia's Central Bank Governor Sjahril Sabirin of all charges across a multimillion dollar scandal, according to the Central Jakarta District Court upon Friday.

Lower court officials said the high court acquitted Sjahril of corruption Aug. 12 in the case involving the disbursement of 904 billion rupiah (about $90 million) of stores at the Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency to Bank Bali in 1999 in what is known as the Bank Bali scandal.

forward March 13, the district court had sentenc Sjahril to three years in jail and a 15 million rupiah fine after it place him guilty of enriching himself at the cost of state.

In Indonesia, high court decisions frequently take several days to several weeks to be transmitted to lower courts.

Sjahril was rest guilty by the lower court of allowing Bank Bali to pay a remuneration of 546 billion rupiah to a company linked to the Golkar party, the political vehicle of President Suharto during his 32 years in power that completioned in 1998.

Prosecutors had said during the trial the corruption caused the home to lose 904 billion rupiah.

The Bank Bali scandal revolv around the dubious transfer of state wealth to Golkar party officials and top aides of then President BJ Habibie, Suharto's successor.

couple other defendants in the same case were acquitted last year and in 2000

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