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Indonesia to free militant jailed for 2002 bombings
Posted 8/16/2006 4:08 AM ET
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Islamic militant convicted in the 2002 Bali
bombings will be released from prison Thursday and 10 other minor figures in
the plot are likely to have their sentences reduced to mark Indonesia's
independence day, prison and justice ministry officials said.
It is an Indonesian tradition to cut jail terms on holidays, but the
decision is expected to anger countries that lost citizens in the twin Bali
nightclub attacks that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.
Three militants serving time on Borneo island are slated to receive
reductions of four months, paving the way for one, Puryanto, to walk free, said
Edi, a prison official who uses a single name.
Eight others in the main prison on Bali island are expected to receive
sentence reductions of one to six months, said Anak Agung Mayun Mataram, a
justice ministry official.
A total of 33 people were jailed over the 2002 Bali blasts - the most
deadly in a string of attacks in Indonesia blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked
militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Those who will benefit from Thursday's remissions played relatively minor
roles in the suicide bombings - from carrying out robberies to finance the
attacks to helping shelter the main suspects.
Three militants - Amrozi, Ali Gufron and Imam Samudra - are scheduled to
be executed later this month and three others are serving life sentences.
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