JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court

sentenced a former chief of state carrier Garuda Indonesia to

five years in prison on Wednesday for corruption linked to

procuring jets from planemaker Bombardier and

turboprop maker ATR, his lawyer said.

Prosecutors had said Emirsyah Satar, who ran Garuda from

2005 to 2014, had procured Bombardier's CRJ and ATR 72 jets

without proper procedures and board approval in 2011, a court

document showed. A "lack of transparency" led to the planes'

poor performance, costing the state about $610 million.

Judge Rianto Adam Pontoh from the Jakarta corruption court

sentenced Emirsyah to jail on corruption charges and ordered him

to pay a 500 million rupiah ($30,759.77) fine, state news agency

Antara reported.

In 2020, Emirsyah was also sentenced to eight years in

prison for bribery and money laundering in buying planes and

engines from Airbus and Rolls-Royce.

Monang Sagala, Emirsyah's lawyer, confirmed the ruling to

Reuters and said the legal counsel has not made a decision on

whether to appeal or not.

Garuda and ATR declined to comment, while

Bombardier said "in accordance with best practices when such

allegations come to our attention, we launched an internal

review conducted by an external counsel."

($1 = 16,255.0000 rupiah)