Umar Patek

Hisyam bin Ali Zein, also known as Umar Patek (born 1970) is an Indonesian convicted terrorist and member of Jemaah Islamiyah who was wanted in the United States, Australia, and Indonesia on terrorism charges. There was a US$1 million reward offered by the Rewards For Justice Program for information leading to his capture.

In June 2012, Patek was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, which killed 202 people, and injured 209 others.

Early life Patek comes from Central Java and is a fourth-generation member of a family that traces its roots from Yemen.

Militant activity Patek says he first got involved in militant activities while working as a plantation worker in Johor Bahru, Malaysia in 1991, when he met senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader Huda bin Abdul Haq, also known as Mukhlas, who was later executed for his role in the Bali bombings. He says that Mukhlas offered him a job at an Islamic boarding school. After three months working there, Mukhlas urged him to continue his religious studies in Pakistan. Indonesian officials reported that Patek had confessed to playing a key role in the 2002 Bali bombings as well as a series of bombings on Christmas Eve in 2000. Ansyaad Mbai, the head of Indonesia's anti-terrorism agency, also told the Associated Press that Patek had "helped lead authorities to bin Laden." Dawn earlier reported that Patek intended to travel to North Waziristan with two French militants.

On 11 August 2011, Umar Patek was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia where he was detained in Jakarta before a pending trial.

On 21 June 2012, an Indonesian court sentenced Patek to 20 years in prison for murder and bomb-making. He was found guilty of all six charges, which included involvement in the Christmas Eve bombings in 2000. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. During the trial, Patek apologized to families of victims and maintained that he did nothing more than mix chemicals for the explosives. Patek also stated that his target had always been Israelis and not "Westerners". He stated, "I questioned why in Bali? Jihad should be carried out in Palestine instead... Who were the victims, they were Westerners, they weren’t Israelis. In fact many Indonesians were victims. They had no link to Palestine."

Release After serving 10 years of his 20-year imprisonment, Patek was granted an early release for good behaviour in August 2022 as part of Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations, causing much anger in Australia. An Australian survivor who helped rescue injured people from the blast zone, Erik de Haart, expressed outrage on the Australian TV show Sunrise, reiterating Patek's role in making the explosives used in the attack.

In June 2025, Patek launched his own coffee brand, Ramu, in Surabaya. When one of the survivors of the Bali bombing, Husnul Khotimah, confronted him, he apologized to her and offered her a job at his coffee business.