Foreign convicts may get remissions

Foreign convicts may get remissions

DENPASAR: Twelve foreigners jailed on the resort island of
Bali may have their sentences reduced as part of a nationwide
remission program for prisoners to mark Independence Day on
Wednesday, according to an official.

Mayun Mataram of the Bali provincial office of the Ministry of
Justice and Human Rights said the 12 foreign convicts were among
27 foreigners from 15 countries currently jailed on Bali.

He said most of the 12 were jailed for drug-related crimes.

Mayun said his office had also proposed remissions for 19 of
the 24 people convicted in the Bali bombings.

A total of 53,000 prisoners throughout the country will have
their sentences cut by up to seven months when the country
celebrates its 60th year of independence. -- Antara