Jakarta, Jun 24 (EFE).- Indonesia on Wednesday granted parole to the controversial Muslim firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab, sentenced to prison last year for breaching Covid-19 health protocols. Rizieq, co-founder of the banned hardline Islamic Defender’s Front (FPI), obtained permission to leave the prison where he had been detained since December 2020, Rika Apriyanti, a spokesperson …
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Indonesia s top terrorist convict Abu Bakar Bashir released from prison
Mr Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, the spiritual leader of South-east Asia s terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah, being escorted out by prison guards yesterday as he left the Gunung Sindur prison in Bogor, on the outskirts of Jakarta. The radical cleric had been in jail since his arrest in 2009. PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
PublishedJan 9, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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