Bali Bombing Conspirators May Face Reduced Sentence

In a rare conviction at Guantanamo, two Malaysian men connected to the 2002 Bali bombings could serve a significantly reduced sentence of about five years due to a previously undisclosed plea agreement.

• Two Malaysian men, Mohammed Farik Bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, have been recommended for 23 years of detention by a military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings.
• Under a previously undisclosed provision of their plea agreement, the men may face a significantly reduced sentence of about five years.
• The men have agreed to provide testimony against a third Guantanamo detainee, an Indonesian man known as Hambali, in the Bali bombings.
• The case marks one of the rare convictions in the two decades of proceedings by the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo.
• The potential repatriation of the two detainees back to Malaysia is being considered.

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