Indonesia ? A militant cleric jailed for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings will be among 53,000 inmates receiving sentence reductions to mark Indonesia’s independence day, authorities and media reports said Saturday.

Abu Bakar Bashir, alleged spiritual head of the al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, was convicted in March of conspiracy in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them Australian tourists.

Others convicted in the Bali blasts will also receive reductions in their prison terms, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin told the Jakarta Post.

The youngest son of former dictator Suharto, Hutomo “Tommy” Mandala Putra, also is expected to have his sentence for assassinating a judge reduced when Indonesia celebrates its 60th birthday on Wednesday, Hamid said.

It is an Indonesian tradition to cut jail terms on holidays for some of the country’s 105,000 inmates who exhibit good behavior, with only those sentenced to death or life in prison excluded.