Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called Umar Patek 'abhorrent' and said he would continue to make 'diplomatic representations' to Indonesia. 9News
Hisyam bin Alizein, 55, is better known under his alias Umar Patek as a leading member of theIndonesian authorities said Patek was an example of successful efforts to reform convictedUmar Patek, an Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks, left, sits with his lawyer during his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 8, 2012.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described Patek as "abhorrent" and said his early release will cause further distress to Australians who were directly affected by the Bali bombings."We lost 88 Australian lives in those bombings."Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is outraged by the early release of the Bali bombing bomb maker.
Some felt the sentence was too light, but were encouraged by the remorse Patek expressed during the trial. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation and third-biggest democracy, has imprisoned hundreds of Islamic militants since the Bali bombings.
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