Married Again Without Permission, Former Central Lombok Regent Reported First Wife To NTB Police

JAKARTA - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police (Polda) received a report from former Central Lombok Regent Moh. Suhaili who remarried without permission. The report was filed by Lale Laksmining Puji Jagat as Suhaili's first legal wife.

Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) Polda NTB Kombes Pol. Syarif Hidayat confirmed the existence of a report in the form of a complaint.

"It's true, the complaint has been submitted. We have to carry out an investigation first," he said in Mataram, NTB, Thursday, June 27, which was confiscated by Antara.

He explained that his party had to follow up on the report in the form of a complaint offense by asking for clarification from the reporting party and the reported party. Likewise with the collection of evidence that leads to criminal allegations.

"Because this is a complaint offense, so we still have to carry out a series of data collection and information material. Later, what will develop, we will inform you again," he said.

Lale Laksmining reported her husband through Achmad Saifullah's attorney. The complaint report was submitted to the NTB Police today on suspicion of criminal offenses Article 279 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 55 of the 1st Criminal Code.

"So, our client filed a complaint against the alleged criminal act of a husband remarrying without the permission of his legal wife," said Saiful.

In the report, the former Regent of Central Lombok is suspected of having remarried a woman named Nurlaili on June 18, 2024 at an inn in the Sikaur area, East Lombok Regency.

Saiful confirmed that the marriage was without any prior notification to his client. In fact, his client received news of the marriage from his close relatives on June 24, 2024.

In the complaint report, Saiful emphasized that his party also included a number of pieces of evidence in the form of a client's marriage certificate with the reported party and the testimony of witnesses who knew about the marriage reported with Nurlaili.

"We have attached this evidence to the complaint. Hopefully the police can follow up immediately," he said.