With early parole looming, the man who made a bomb used in the 2002 Bali terror attack has released a video from jail, saying he wants to help authorities reform other convicted terrorists. More than 200 people, including 88 Australians, died in the att...
Bali bomb maker Umar Patek has attempted to downplay his role in the 2002 terror attack, saying he wants to help Indonesian authorities reform other convicted terrorists.
However, he has attempted to make his case to resume his life on the outside in a 20-minute video clip in which he answers questions posed by Jalu Yuswa Panjang, the governor of Porong prison, the jail where he is held, south of Surabaya in the Indonesian province of East Java. “You were handsome. It was a long time ago, right?” said Panjang. “Perhaps something like a cover boy?”
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