Indonesia – Strange place

An American expatriate living in SEA has this article about Abu Bakar Ba’asyir the head of Jemaah Islamiyah in Indonesia currently serving a paltry 30 months for his Bali, Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden links, that states Abu is likely to be released soon. According to the post;

The prosecution did have a hard time convicting Abu Baka Ba’asyir that the 30 month sentence was in actuality given simply to placate both Australia and the United States.

Elsewhere in Indonesia a Councillor forges his high school diploma and gets three years Better not be true. Still, knowing Indonesia it most probably is true.