Prosecutors Continue Detention Against The Wife Of Mamiq Zen, A Convict Of Money Laundering On Lombok Island

NTB Prosecutor's Office Building. ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.

MATARAM - The public prosecutor continued the detention of the wife of the convict in the alleged money laundering case resulting from an investor's fraud for a tourist area on the island of Lombok, worth Rp. 16.3 billion. Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputra, revealed that his party continued the detention of the suspect with the initials RO at the Mataram Class III Women's Correctional Institution (Lapas). "Yes, the detention for suspect RO will continue at the Mataram Women's Prison," said Efrien in Mataram, Antara, Wednesday, November 16. Efrien explained that the detention of suspect RO was a follow-up to the implementation of stage two or the delegation of suspects and evidence from investigators to the public prosecutor. In addition to detention, his party has also registered the case belonging to suspect RO with the Mataram District Court. "Registed on Tuesday to court," he said. The suspect RO is Zaenudin alias Mamiq Zen's wife who is currently serving a sentence of 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. The verdict of the sentence is in accordance with the cassation decision of the Supreme Court which rejected the appeal of the public prosecutor and the defendant. With this decision, Mamiq Zen served a sentence at the Class IIA Mataram Prison based on the decision of the Mataram High Court which had corrected the verdict at the first instance court. He conveyed that the investigator in the file named RO as a suspect under the suspicion of Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, in conjunction with Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering. RO's role, which was revealed from the development of the Mamiq Zen case, is suspected to have accommodated, disguised, and used money allegedly as a result of a crime of origin which has permanent legal force related to embezzlement and fraud belonging to her husband, Mamiq Zen, against an investor for a tourist area on the island of Lombok. In the general criminal decision, Mamiq Zen has served 3 years in prison in accordance with the cassation verdict from the Supreme Court with case Number: 962 K/Pid/2019, dated September 30, 2019. The investor who was the victim of this fraud came from East Java named Andre Setiadi Karyadi. Mamiq Zen was reported to the NTB Regional Police for fraud and embezzlement in the purchase of land in Pandanan and Meang, Sekotong District, West Lombok Regency. In addition, in the area of Surga Beach, Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency. The total land area is 8 hectares with a value of Rp. 18 billion. From the results of police searches, the suspect was finally revealed to have disguised the money from the fraudulent sale and purchase of land worth Rp. 16.3 billion through his wife.