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president she, jim pig visit to south korea. so what does china want, and what does it mean for the why the region ah i british manager, welcome to the doctor, news asia. glad you could join us. indonesia has released from prison, the man convicted of making the bombs used in the bali, bombings of 2002 or more partake had served about half his sentence of 20 years before his release. the government says he was successfully reformed in prison and that he'll be monitored during his for all the bombings in 2002 on the holiday island of bali killed 202 people. many of them australians, kendra, had urged indonesia numerous times to reconsider party extra lease. but in the end,

those concerns came to not the called him demolition man who mar, partake, admitted building the barley forms at his home. but throughout his trial a decade ago, he always denied planning the attacks. the judges agreed and handed him a hefty prison sentence instead of the death penalty. or, you know, it is proven that i am just the little guy. i had a small role. i am a dia norton elephant. thank melissa. hey, ben franklin, credit authority c. partake. has since been de radicalized, and can no have his life back. survivors are angry. oh, very distraught. son. i'm shocked. really her or couldn't. ok, still can't understand her. this person. that's her,

cried so much loss of life. much as for i go to strains 203. people could be walking free this morning here in either in indonesia and it just doesn't seem well at all. i can understand that the bombings carried out on to night clubs on october 2002 destroyed hundreds of lives and left a scar on the city. for those there that night, the culprits release comes with questions. sir martha, i feel that it's bizarre that such crimes against humanity can be granted parole. what are the guarantees that they would not do the same thing? damina, murray, and some other. for me, emily, i'm very sad to hear that he was finally freed. i just hope the government is committed to its parole requirements. they owe me money, no money at the memorial to the victims. the names of the dead serve as

a painful remainder of the stakes involved and gentlemen are from autumn. this is did up the jakarta correspondent sharon, my resume along sharon. i think the question on everyone's mind is why has but take green released here. so it's not new for indonesia to release terrorist and paddock who was sentenced in 2012. he was sentenced for 20 years in prison. and the reason why is released now according to authorities is because patrick has already served or 2 thirds of majority of his prison time. he also has shown good behaviors and he has been do radicalize in fact. but there was an i is an icon for the nation government for their deregulation program. so that's why right now, but that has been released. how is the government so sure that this man who is behind the death of so many people, is effectively di radicalized actual. there is no way to

ensure whether someone is fully des, radicalized or not, but pot tag or in the future will be closely monitored by the government of indonesia and the fact that he's also still in parole until to the 2030. he will be also joining a mentoring program until then. and the radicalization program in asia so far has been, um, you know, people say successful, we have seen success stories. i have met and talked to former various conflicts who is now economically empowered and they can, you know, no longer dependent or on their a previous thera, groups. but also we have seen yesterday a suicide bomb being that happened in band to him who was arrested if this means he previously was charged for a terry sentence. so there is no way to ensure whether someone is fully to do radical ice. we just have to wait and see, and therefore the person is, as you earlier mentioned that this is not the 1st time the indonesian government

has released a tourist, particularly when it comes to are people related to the bali bombings. for example, last year, i will bucher by sir. our most him clerical, formerly headed, the group slip was behind. the bombings was released last year after his sentence was reduced. the question is, why is the indonesian government so keen to release terrorists and those connected to the bali bombings? the reason is, are it ranging, you know, for example, for humanitarian reasons, as for the case for the i will back out of our share. but also there are skepticism or criticisms that say, oh, the move is just politically motivated, but at the same times are asked, but also see it as a good move uh for the government that can be seen. um, you know, the stairs can help them to. i then to 5 to a rest harris, and in order to combat to raise them. so indonesia got the upper hand to really combat tourism in the country. most of the victims of these a bali,

bombings were australian and australia's home minister clare or neil has called it got a horrible day for the families. is that concern of the release of thought eric could impact indonesia relations with australia. he had, the government was really a has said that every australian has the right to be disappointed by the news of the release of will mar pat. but the government will urge the nation government to really work in a close tie and to surveil on my part that closely so that he won't do the same thing again in the future. so um, so far, indonesia in australia has been close in a close partnership, you know, in order to come back to represent in the region. and in asia has been supporting a sorry australian has been supporting indonesia and to work, you know, with a detachment 88 special forces to combat terrorism. but definitely in the future. the partnership or the cooperation between nisha in australia willing at mutual

trust. we leave it there with our brokerage so much for joining us to do sharon some along did a book or respondent in jakarta. thank you. ah, chinese leadership being is in saudi arabia for a visit that china's foreign ministry has called an epoch making milestone earlier to vary. he was broken to the royal court by saw the crown prince. mom had been solomon billions of dollars and deals are expected to be signed during the visit. china is already the top consumer of saudi oil, and that's the relationship that's expected to keep growing. she's also expected to meet other arab leaders during his visit. let's get more perspective on this from steve saying he's director of the china institute or the school of oriental and african studies in london. professor, thank saudi arabia, has traditionally been a long term us ally is president huge and being looking to change that relationship

well, the relationship that saudi arabia maintains with both china and the united states have been undergoing changes anyway. and she is certainly seeking to said, man, that changing relationship, saudi arabia now is the, has china as the most important trading partner, one of the united states. what does children being want from saudi arabia? well, she didn't want to strengthen that relationship in order to ensure that energy security to china is cure, as well as to which out to the other countries in the gulf and the arabic. well, or just to make sure that they support china's positioned globally, including at the united nations and other international organizations beyond oil, what are the chinese interests in the above?

i mean, the reason i ask is because china's foreign ministry has called this visit court, the largest scale diplomatic activity between china and the arab world, since the founding of the people's republic of china. so what are china's interest in the region? well, china is not going to become the peacemaker in the middle east. china is not seeking to be a place the not to stays in to play a role as the incur for stability and peace in the weekend. but china, east seeking support from countries would not pop off the western democracies to support china's positioned globally. and in terms of the international organizations, including as, for example, the human rice council at the united nations. you know, the u. s. offered the region was always security and exchange for oil. what is

china offering the region? well, china will be offering to reach and saudi arabia friendship without imposing condition knowledge piece. china is and by the name of the stays, not going to insist that relationship with china. we will, we choir saudi arabia or other countries in the regions to match in terms or other standards on human rights or in terms of what countries they can conduct relationship with, or what kind of political systems they have in place. that is very comfortable for those countries to maintain their own particular standards on human rights and system of government. and would that count as a win for china? because in the past to china has been a been trying to explain that human rights on universal. so to speak,

that there is the chinese understanding of human rights and then perhaps potentially there is a western lead understanding of human rights. would this count as a win for china? it will be a kind of a win because the chinese are also saying that they are arabic ways of understanding human rights. and therefore you will have many countries in the go, which are quite receptive to the message that china is sending to them. and of course, for a country like saudi arabia, that is the advantage of having ditch time the card to be played when it deals with the pike and ministration. now, saudi arabia, who has been facing flag from the biden administration for not increasing or allowed, but particularly when president biden requested the kingdom to do exactly. that is also a case of saudi arabia playing one superpower against the other, to claim an advantage. i should expect so, and why would saudi arabia not play the china current when it is dealing with an

administration in washington that requires saudi arabia to meet certain standards, particularly say in human race, which the current saudi government is having some hesitation about when liver birth of the diamond birth. thank you so much for joining us today. steve turned director of the china institute. that's are us in london printers or you're welcome. and that's it for to very because of cost more on our website. we'd see you bye if tomorrow's good, but they brief. ah, they have body and soul. the houses that daniel rebus can construct far more than just building you have to be

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a new western lead. price cap will go to delhi for more and the effects of that price gap are me. while visible off the turkish coast, oil tankers are stacking up waiting to get out of the black sea. hello, welcome to the show. it's one of the biggest financial scandals in german history. now the drama surrounding wire card moves into a german courtroom. the 1st criminal trial related to the multi 1000000000 dollar fraud case, prosecutor said thursday, the former c e. o. marcus brown and 2 other executives formed a criminal gang intent on fleecing investors. the 3 defendants faced charges of fraud and embezzlement, wire card, former payment service services provider that once ranked among germany's most valuable companies collapsed in 2020, after auditors uncovered, and almost $2000000000.00 euro hole in its accounts. that's almost a quarter of its balance sheet. huns pay to bog hoff is an expert on banks and markets of the universe.