Former French President Imprisoned For 5 Years, Detention Location Announced Today

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (@NicolasSarkozy)

JAKARTA - The French Nasioal Finance Prosecutor will announce the date and location of the detention of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today, Monday, October 13.

Sarkozy, 70, will serve a five-year prison sentence related to a criminal conspiracy case in a funding-use scheme from Libya to fund his winning campaign in 2007.

Citing AP, as the first former president in modern jailed French history, Sarkozy, who filed an appeal, remains innocent and has protested his decision to imprison him.

Despite having long retired from politics, Sarkozy remains an influential figure among France's conservatives. He served as president from 2007 to 2012. Previously he had also been convicted of other corruption cases, but had not served a prison sentence.

For security reasons, Sarkozy is expected to be jailed in conditions intended for high-end inmates, possibly in a special " VIP area" at La Santé prison, the only prison in Paris where some of France's most famous criminals are jailed.

After being behind bars, Sarkozy was able to file a request for release to the appeal court. The judge then had up to two months to process the request.

Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on September 25 in a broad legal case after a decade of investigation.

A Paris court stated that the prison sentence was in effect immediately, instead of being suspended pending an appeal, citing "serious public order disturbances caused by the breach."