Early Release Denied for Jailed Cleric Bashir
From Times Wire Reports
Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual head of the Jemaah Islamiah extremist group, will not have his prison sentence reduced to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the Indonesian government said.
The 67-year-old Muslim cleric was convicted of playing a role in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Prison wardens had asked that Bashir, who was sentenced in May to 30 months behind bars, have a month taken off his jail time, but the request was denied.
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