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Remissions for 7 child inmates, 3 walk free

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang | Tue, 04/06/2010 8:28 PM

Seven inmates at Tangerang youth detention center have received remissions, with three allowed to leave the prison on Tuesday.

The government on Tuesday announced sentence cuts for 42 youths across the country.

Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar sent home three child inmates, Shella Fatmawati, 17, Handika Hadi Widakdo, 17, and Aditia Parawangsa, 17, from the prison.

“As soon as you arrive home, bow and thank God and kiss the hands of your parents. From now on you have to able to take care of yourselves. The state loves you all,” Patrialis told the freed inmates.

The minister also said the President had turned down remission requests of other youths because they were repeat offenders.

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