Bali bomber Ali Imron has meet family and friends of those killed in the 2002 attack and told them that given the chance he would come to Australia and apologise for his actions.
In a two-part Dateline special that concludes tonight on SBS, Melbourne man Jan Lazynski travels to Jakarta to confront the only surviving member of the bombers' inner circle.
Mr Laczynski lost five friends in the bombings, which killed 202, including 88 Australians.
"Meeting a terrorist is the hardest thing you will ever do. You don't want to do it. But at the same time you want to know why?" said Mr Lazynski.
Exlcusive pictures obtained by Dateline reveal Mr Lazynski refused to shake Ali Imron’s hand upon meeting him.
Later, he asks: "You've killed 202 people, including 88 Australians - how do you sleep at night?"
Mr Lazynski is accompanied on the journey by two widows, Ni Luh Erniati and Nyoman Rencini, who both lost their husbands in the bombings.
"In order to take responsibility for my mistake and apologise, if I have to go to Australia, no problem," Imron tells the three bereaved in a tense face-to-face meeting in a Jakarta prison.
It took two months for Nyoman Rencini to receive confirmation of the death of her taxi driver husband, leaving her to bring up their three children alone.
She does not know if she can forgive him.
"Thank you for coming and for being willing to meet me when I have harmed so many," Imron tells the families.
"I apologise to everyone especially the victims and the families. I was only carrying out orders of my seniors in Jemaah Islamiah."
Imron drove the car containing the bomb and the suicide bombers to the Sari Club and Paddy’s Pub.
He avoided the death penalty at his trial and was given a life sentence after the judges declared that he had shown remorse, and provided evidence against his fellow bombers.
But he warned the bereaved relatives that there are still some in Indonesia that desire to plot further acts of terrorism.
"Plenty of people have invited me, 'come on let's organise another bombing in Bali'," he said.
Catch up with the first part of 'Meet The Terrorists' on SBS On Demand
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