Over 4,000 convicts get reduced sentences

Mon, 31 Oct 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

MEDAN, North Sumatra: A total 4,378 Muslim convicts currently
being jailed in prisons across North Sumatra will get their
sentences reduced during Idul Fitri, a senior government official
said on Saturday.

With the reduced sentences, 148 inmates would soon be
released, said Lukas Tarigan, the chief of Corrections section at
the Department of Justice and Human Rights's North Sumatra
branch.

The ministry normally grants reduced sentences during
religious holidays such as Idul Fitri, Christmas and on Aug. 17,
Indonesian Independence Day. -- JP

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