Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Indonesia cuts Bali prison terms

Nine Islamic militants jailed in Indonesia over the 2002 Bali night club bombings have had their sentences reduced to mark Independence Day.

It is an Indonesian tradition to cut jail terms on holidays and an Australian drug-smuggler had her 20-year sentence reduced by two months.

The bomb attacks killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.
The nine Islamists being held in Bali's Kerobokan prison had their sentences cut by four months, an official said.

It was not immediately clear if other militants convicted over the Bali attacks would get their sentences cut.

Australian citizen Schapelle Corby was jailed in May 2005 for smuggling marijuana into Balihad.