MATARAM - The Supreme Court's cassation panel changed the sentence of the former Regent of West Lombok (Lobar), Zaini Arony, in the Lombok City Center (LCC) development and management operational cooperation corruption case from nine years to five years in prison.
Spokesperson for the Mataram District Court, Kelik Trimargo, confirmed the change in the sentence based on the cassation decision number: 3707 K/PID.SUS/2026.
"Yes, that's right. We have fully displayed it in the Mataram District Court's SIPP (Case Tracking Information System)," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 26.
In the ruling on the cassation case of Zaini Arony, the panel of judges headed by Jupriyadi stated that it rejected the cassation application of the public prosecutor and the defendant with the note of improvement of qualification and penalty.
The qualification relates to the proof that the defendant's actions were found to violate the public prosecutor's sub-charge, namely Article 3 jo, Article 18 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law No. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
So in the ruling, the cassation panel of judges set the sentence to five years with a fine of Rp. 200 million, subject to a substitute imprisonment of two months.
Previously, in the appeal judgment of the NTB High Court with the number: 30/PID.TPK/2025/PT MTR, the panel of judges stated that they accepted the appeal request from the public prosecutor and the defendant.
The appeal judge then changed the Mataram District Court's decision number: 24/Pid.Sus-TPK/2025/PN Mtr, dated October 13, 2025, which was appealed against the sentence imposed.
The appeal judge then stated that the defendant Zaini Arony was proven to be legally and convincingly guilty of committing the crime of corruption together as in the public prosecutor's initial indictment.
So in the ruling, the judge sentenced him to nine years in prison and a fine of Rp. 400 million, with four months in prison as a substitute.
Amar's appeal ruling is higher than the first instance court's ruling which previously sentenced him to six years in prison.
For the fine and legal acts imposed at the appeal level, it is still the same as the first-instance court's decision, namely Rp. 400 million subsider four months in lieu of imprisonment.
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