JAKARTA, Indonesia – Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, the disgraced former head of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), was sentenced Monday (December 9th) to 16 years in jail over a scandal in which bribe money was laundered as gifts for dozens of women, including an adult magazine model, AFP reported.

The controversy, which erupted when an aide was discovered in a hotel room with a naked college student, shattered the Islamic party's clean image, damaging its chances at polls next year.

Luthfi, president of the PKS when the scandal emerged, was found guilty by the anti-corruption court in Jakarta of accepting bribes from a meat import company.

Anti-graft investigators seized Rp. 1.3 billion ($110,000) in bribe money as well as six luxury cars from Luthfi during the investigation.

Indoguna Utama had pledged to give him IR 40 billion ($3.4m) in kickbacks to use his influence with the government to have its beef import quota raised, the court heard.

He was found guilty of corruption and money laundering. He was also ordered to pay a Rp 1 billion ($84,000) fine. Ishaaq said he did not accept the verdict and would appeal.

Two Indoguna Utama executives have already been found guilty and jailed.