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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 16:56
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NINE BALI BOMBERS MAY GET IDUL FITRI JAIL TERM REMISSIONS

Denpasar, Sept 27 (ANTARA) - The Law and Human Rights Ministry is considering granting jail sentence remissions to nine convicted Bali I and II bombers on the occasion of Idul Fitri this year, a provincial law official said.

"The proposals submitted to the minister of law and human rights call for jail sentence remissions of one to two months," Anak Agung Anom, head of the registration section of Bali province's law and human rights office, said here Saturday.

Five of the convicts were involved in the terrorist bombing in Kuta, Legian, Bali, on October 12,2002, and the other four in the bombing attack in Jimbaran, Bali, three years later.

But Anom did not disclose the exact lengths of the remissions proposed for each of the nine convicts.

He said if the proposals were approved by the minister, it would mark the second time for the nine convicts to receive jail term reductions. The first time they had their jail terms cut was on the occasion of Indonesia's Independence Day last August 17.

On Independence Day 2008, the 2002 Bali bombers received a remission of five months each, and the 2005 bombers three months each, Anom said.



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