INDONESIA:  A court sentenced an ex-cabinet minister today to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption linked to the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote parts of the country.

Former communication and information technology minister Johnny G Plate was arrested in May after being questioned as part of an investigation by the attorney general’s office in Jakarta.

He was detained with five other suspects, including three from the private sector, after some 60 people were quizzed about the procurement process.