JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A former Indonesian fisheries minister was sentenced Monday to seven years in jail for misappropriating more than a million dollars in state funds, the latest in a string of corruption cases targeting government officials.

Rokhmin Dahuri, who served from 2001-2004 under Presidents Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri, was found guilty of collecting money from the ministry's regional offices across the country and of irresponsibly using the money.

He immediately said he would appeal.

The anti-corruption court said Dahuri misappropriated a total of 14.6 billion rupiah (US$1.607 million; €1.16 million) and sentenced him to seven years in jail.

It also ordered Dahuri, who was found guilty of taking bribes from a number of businessmen, to pay 200 million rupiah (US$22,000; €16,000) or to serve additional six months in jail as substitution.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who took office in October 2004 and vowed to crack down on corruption, endemic in the country since the regime of dictator Suharto, making the country less attractive to foreign investors.

Last year, Theo Toemion, a former chairman of the country's investment promotion agency was sentenced to six years in jail for misappropriating fund for investment promotion, while Said Agil Husin Al Munawar, a former religious affairs minister received seven years for his role in a multimillion-dollar (euro) corruption scandal linked to the Islamic hajj pilgrimage.