Judge: Patek can help deter youth from radical extremism

While some criticise the sentence as too light, others say Umar Patek has shown sincere remorse and can help persuade others from making the mistake that he did.

By Elisabeth Oktofani for Khabar Southeast Asia in Jakarta.

June 27, 2012

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