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From running guns to raising quails: Reformed Indonesian militants turn the page
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Reformed terror convicts (from left) Sutrisno Abdi, Hendro Fernando and Muhammad Iqbal Ramadhan.
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BEKASI, West Java / MALANG, East Java – Former terror convicts in Indonesia are getting a second chance at life, returning to society and working as hawkers, farmers and small-time entrepreneurs under the watchful eye of the authorities.
Mr Muhammad Iqbal Ramadhan, 26, was once an extremist from the Al-Qaeda-linked terror network Jemaah Islamiah and was arrested as he headed to the front lines of Syria in 2017. After his arrest by the Turkish authorities, he was deported to Indonesia where he spent three years in prison. He joined DeBintal in 2020 after he was released on parole.
