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ormer Democratic Party treasurer and graft convict M. Nazaruddin was released on parole from Sukamiskin Penitentiary in Bandung, West Java, on Sunday.
“The parole is effective from June 14 to Aug. 13,” said Rika Aprianti, a spokesperson for the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Corrections Directorate General, as quoted by kompas.com.
She added that Nazaruddin would be supervised by Bandung Correctional Board officials during his parole.
The former Democratic Party lawmaker was convicted in two separate corruption cases. In 2012, he was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison for accepting Rp 4.6 billion (US$325,000) linked to the construction of the 2011 SEA Games athlete’s village in Palembang, South Sumatra.
The Supreme Court later imposed a heavier sentence of seven years’ imprisonment during an appeal.
Four years later, the corruption court sentenced Nazaruddin to six years in prison and fined him Rp 1 billion for laundering nearly Rp 600 billion he obtained from corrupt practices.
Nazaruddin was at the center of government procurement projects during former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration.
