Antasari to stay in jail on his daughter’s wedding party
Antasari Azhar confirmed that the Tangerang penitentiary had turned down his request for a permit to attend his daughter’s wedding reception.
“We have filed a request for a permit to leave the penitentiary during the process of my daughter’s wedding but the permit was only given to attend thesiraman [bathing] ritual on Thursday and the wedding ceremony on March. 9,” Antasari told a press conference at the Tangerang penitentiary on Monday.
Antasari, who looked fatter and healthier, said that he and his family respected the warden’s decision.
“I just want to give clarification on media reports about my plan to attend the wedding party. Controversial media reports have disturbed my family,” he said.
Law and Human Rights Ministry spokesman Goncang Raharjo said that the decision was fully the authority of warden Priyadi, who is on a minor pilgrimage journey in Mecca.
When asked why Antasari would only be allowed to attend the ritual and the ceremony, Goncang said that the wedding reception was only ceremonial.
“His presence during the ritual and the ceremony will legitimate his daughter’s wedding,” he said, adding that Antasari would be tightly escorted by the police and penitentiary officers.
Antasari’s daughter’s wedding proceedings will start on Thursday while the wedding reception will take place on Sunday at Balai Sudirman in South Jakarta.
Antasari was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the South Jakarta District Court for suggesting the murder of Putra Rajawali Banjaran director Nasruddin Zulkarnaen, who was shot in the temple while driving his car at the Modern Land housing estate, Tangerang municipality in 2009.
Former South Jakarta Police chief Williardi Wizar and media businessman Sigit Haryo Wibisono were also sentenced to 12 and 15 years respectively for orchestrating the murder with Antasari.
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