Indonesia backtracks on Bashir release

Updated January 22 2019 - 11:06pm, first published 11:01pm
Indonesia is reconsidering the release of radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.
Indonesia is reconsidering the release of radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.

Indonesia's president says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the country and its ideology.

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