JAKARTA - Indonesian government made a bold statement three years ago when it put five of the most dangerous radical clerics in isolation cells to limit their influence beyond the prison walls.
Their visitation rights were tightened, with only immediate family allowed. Approaching the election, the most senior among these five, 80-year-old Abu Bakar Bashir, has recently received President Joko Widodo's blessings to be released on parole on humanitarian reasons.
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