TANGERANG - The former governor of Banten, Ratu Atut, has been declared free after serving a sentence of 9 years in prison at the Class II A Penitentiary in Tangerang. The head of the Tangerang Class II A prison, Yekti Apriyanti, said that Ratu Atut was declared free on Tuesday, September 6. "That's right, Ratu Atut today is free. He's doing parole today," Yekti said when confirmed, Tuesday, September 6. Based on Law No. 22 of 2022, the former governor of Banten has the right to get his criminal period. "So it's still under the supervision of the Fathers. It is mandatory to report to the Correctional Center. So all these processes are in accordance with the SOPs that we run," he said.
On his occasion, Yekti said that Ratu Atut had received 8 months of remission from 2021 to 2022. "Just 8 months from yesterday's Law in 2021 he got it," he concluded. As is known, Atut Chosiyah is a convict of a corruption crime (Tipikor) in the bribery case of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Akil Mochtar. He bribed Akil Mochtar for Rp. 1 billion related to the handling of the Pilkada dispute in Lebak, Banten. Atut was also involved in a case of procuring medical devices that cost the state Rp79 billion. In this bribery case, based on the verdict of the first-degree court on September 1, 2014, Ratu Atut Chosiyah was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to 5 months in prison. The Supreme Court then increased Atut's sentence to 7 years in February 2015.
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