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Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison

PM Albanese says potential release of Umar Patek, jailed over the deadly 2002 blasts, will ‘distress’ Australians.

An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds of people could be released on parole in the coming days after the latest reduction in his sentencing, a law official said on Friday.

Xi "will come" and Putin "has also told me he will come," President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg News.

Indonesia’s president, who has cast himself as a mediator over Ukraine, says both leaders will travel to resort island.

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.

Australia’s leader says it’s upsetting that Indonesia has reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali terror attack that killed 202 people — meaning the terrorist could be freed within days if he’s granted parole

Accused of being an expert bombmaker for a South-East Asian terror network, Umar Patek was dubbed the "Demolition Man" by local media during his trial. Now he says he's committed to deradicalisation.

Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend November's G20 summit on the resort island of Bali, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said on Friday.

Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians, have spoken out about their distress over news terrorist Umar Patek could have his prison sentence cut just weeks from the terror attack's 20th anniversary.

The potential early release of the bomb-maker in the 2002 Bali bombings will “add to the distress and trauma” for survivors’ families, Anthony Albanese says.