Convicted Bali bomber Ali Imron is pressing Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto for a pardon, citing his years of cooperation with counterterrorism efforts and the recent release of Australian drug offenders who had been given life sentences as reasons for leniency.
However, analysts say his chances remain slim, with any such move likely to provoke outrage from Australia, where memories of the 2002 attack still run deep, and an Indonesian government wary of backlash over freeing a convicted terrorist.
Imron has spent the last 22 years in prison after receiving a life sentence for his role in the horrifying bombings on the Indonesian island that killed 202 people, including 88…