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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Indonesia's release of convicted Bali bomb maker Umar Patek will be a "difficult day" for Australians who lost loved ones and relatives in the attacks, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday.

Peter Hughes was with friends in Paddy's Bar in Bali's Kuta party district on the night of October 12, 2002 when a bomb hidden in a backpack detonated inside the venue.

JAKARTA - Indonesia has released on parole Umar Patek, a bomb maker in deadly 2002 Bali attacks, the ministry of law and human rights said on Wednesday (Dec 7). Patek, a member of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, was jailed for 20 years in 2012 after he was found guilty of mixing bombs that ripped through two Bali nightclubs, killing...

Obviously the indonesian government has different reasons for deciding to release him. can you talk us through the reason behind this? he is bein: the reason behind this? he is being released early - the reason behind this? he is being released early on - the reason behind this? he is| being released early on parole because of good behaviour. indonesian prison authorities say that umar patek, who is in his mid— 50s, has participated in various the radicalisation activities and they are hoping that he will help to steer other younger people away from a life of extremism. as far as the indones...