Bali bombings: Bali bomber could be released in days, law official says

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JAKARTA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds of people could be released on parole in the coming daysafter the latest reduction in his sentencing, a law official said on Friday.

was sentenced to 20 years jail by an Indonesian court in 2012 after he was found guilty of mixing bombs that ripped through two Bali nightclubs a decade earlier, killing 202 people.

Zaeroji, head of the law and human rights office in East Java where Patek is jailed, told Reuters that the bomber was now eligible for parole this month because he had served two-thirds of his sentence after a series of such reductions.“We have proposed this to the justice and human rights ministry and from there it will be decided,” said Zaeroji, who goes by one name.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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