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Australia upset at Indonesia reducing Bali bomber’s sentence
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CANBERRA, 20 August 2022, (TON): Australia’s leader said Friday that it’s upsetting Indonesia has further reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali terror attack that killed 202 people which could free him within days if he’s granted parole.
The most recent reduction of Umar Patek’s sentence takes his total reductions to almost two years and means Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told media “this will cause further distress to Australians who were the families of victims of the Bali bombings.”
“We lost 88 Australian lives in those bombings.”
Albanese said “he would continue making diplomatic representations to Indonesia about Patek’s sentence and a range of other issues, including Australians currently jailed in Indonesia. Albanese described Patek as abhorrent.”
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