Dili inmates to get remission

DILI (JP): The government will grant sentence remission to at least 276 prisoners in Dili, East Timor, on Indonesia's Aug. 17 independence day anniversary, an official says.

They are from a correctional institution in Dili and three detention centers in Ermera, Maliana and Baucau, head of the provincial justice office, Benny J. Mathaos, said as reported by Antara on Friday.

He said there might be more prisoners who will receive the remission because the deadline for the decision to grant the remission is Aug. 16.(sim)