Former West Lombok Regent Freed After Serving 7 Years In Prison

Former West Lombok Regent Zaini Arony while being detained by the KPK/Photo: Antara

MATARAM - The former regent of West Lombok, Zaini Arony, who was caught in a corruption case involving land use licensing in 2012 and extortion of a potential investor worth Rp1.4 billion was finally free after serving a 7-year sentence.Head of Class IIA Mataram Correctional Institution (Lapas) Ketut Akbar Herry Achjar , Tuesday, March 15, confirmed that Zaini Arony is now free to serve his criminal sentence. "Yes, Mr. Zaini Arony was released Tuesday afternoon, March 15, his family picked him up," Akbar said, quoted by Antara. . Right on Thursday (17/3), Zaini was recorded to be free to serve a 7-year sentence in prison according to the verdict from the Denpasar High Court, Bali, on January 8, 2016. The proposal for submitting a follow-up remission meets the requirements of the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights (Permenkumham) Number 7 of 2022, so Zaini Arony is allowed to go home with his family. The special remission can be for one month," he said. One of the considerations for the remission proposal was accepted, explained Akbar, judging by the good faith of Zaini Arony, who had paid a fine of Rp. 500 million.

Even though he received three months of remission, because the remaining prison sentence was only two days, therefore Zaini did not use all of it. The Denpasar High Court panel of judges with the chairman Nyoman Dedy Tripersada and members Rasmito and Ihat Subihat, upheld the decision of the Denpasar Corruption Crime District Court (Tipikor), on 30 September 2015. The appellate judge stated that Zaini Arony was still found guilty of violating Article 12 Letter e of the Law 20/2001 on amendments to Law No. 31/1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. In his appeal decision, the judge increased the sentence for Zaini Arony, from 4 years to 7 years in prison and a fine of IDR 200 million subsidiary two months imprisonment to IDR 500 million subsidiary two month of confinement.

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