https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-08/indonesian-says-bali-attack-bombmaker-fre...He killed 202 people - WTF ?
Chief bombmaker in Bali bombings released
from Indonesian prison after 'good behaviour'
By Indonesia correspondent Anne Barker and Madison Watt
Posted 6h ago
, updated 30m ago
Convicted terrorist and the main bombmaker in the 2002 Bali bombings Umar Patek has been released from jail in Java, after serving just over half of his original 20-year sentence.
Key points:
Indonesian authorities say Umar Patek had fulfilled all the requirements for parole, citing good behaviour
Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison, a decade after the bombing, having spent nine years on the run
Australia had lobbied hard to have him kept in jail for his full term
Patek helped build the car bomb that that killed more than 200 people
in the nightclub attacks, including 88 Australians.
Australia had lobbied hard to have him kept in jail for his full term, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in August describing his imminent release as "abhorrent".
But Indonesian authorities say he has fulfilled all the requirements for parole, after earning remissions for good behaviour.
"The special requirements that have been met by Umar Patek are that he has participated in the de-radicalisation coaching program," said Ministry of Law and Human Rights spokesperson Rika Aprianti at a press conference on Wednesday.
She told the ABC Patek "must report to the parole office" at first for once a week, "and after that it would be once a month."
He will remain on parole until 2030 but it can be revoked if he fails to report or breaks the law.
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