Umar Patek, a leading member of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2012 after being found guilty of making a car bomb that ripped through two Bali nightclubs.

Umar Patek was originally sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 after being convicted of helping to mix the bombs that obliterated two popular tourist bars on the paradisiac island in 2002.

A court handed down a 20-year sentence Thursday for an Indonesian man convicted of helping assemble the bombs that killed more than 200 people in Bali in 2002. The Jakarta court found Umar Patek ...

Umar Patek was one of 16,659 prisoners in East Java who last week received general remission to mark Indonesia's 77th Independence Day and became eligible for parole.

Umar Patek, a bombmaker in the 2002 Bali attacks that killed 202 people, was released from an Indonesian prison on parole Wednesday.

Key points. Bali bomb maker Umar Patek has been released from jail in Indonesia having served less than 12 years of a 20-year sentence. He has been released under a parole program and would remain ...

Umar Patek — who was jailed for 20 years over his role in the 2002 Bali bombings — has been given a further five-month reduction to his sentence as part of Indonesia's Independence Day ...

Convicted terrorist Umar Patek (second from left) carries the flag at a ceremony to mark Independence Day in 2017. Credit: Umarul Faruq “Umar Patek’s release is a matter for the government of ...

Umar Patek, the last of the Bali bombers, says he’s sorry about the 2002 Bali bombing, which left more than 200 people dead. Patek says he tried to talk the Jemaah Islamiyah leadership out of ...

Umar Patek was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in 2012 for his role in the 2002 atrocity at Paddy's Bar and the Sari Club that killed 202 innocent people, including 88 Australians.

Umar Patek, center, is shown in in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 29, 2011. Tatan Syuflana/AP hide caption ...

Umar Patek, a member of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 after he was found guilty of making bombs used to kill 202 people at two ...