Limpo, a politician from the Nasdem party, was found guilty of accepting more than 44 billion Indonesian rupiah (about US$2.7 million) in bribes from 2020 to 2023 while in office, Xinhua news agency reports.

The 69-year-old will also pay a fine of 300 million Indonesian rupiah (about US$18,500), with the option of another four months' imprisonment should he fail to pay, said Rianto Adam Pontoh, chairman of the judges' panel, reading out the verdict at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

The former minister committed corruption along with his two subordinates, the ministry's former Secretary General Kasdi Subagyono and former Director of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery Muhammad Hatta.

The two ex-officials, who gathered money from different departments within the ministry, were each sentenced to four years on Thursday.