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House passes ASEAN antiterror pact
JAKARTA: The House of Representatives officially passed a bill on the ASEAN Convention on Counterterrorism (ACCT) into law
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AKARTA: The House of Representatives officially passed a bill on the ASEAN Convention on Counterterrorism (ACCT) into law.
The bill allows Indonesia to cooperate with ASEAN countries to share information and data from intelligence agencies, stop the flow of funds to terrorists, cooperate in investigations and trials for terror attacks and extradite terrorist suspects.
ACCT also requires ASEAN countries to facilitate rehabilitation programs for terrorists, fair legal treatment for suspected terrorists and respect territorial sovereignty and integrity.
Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, deputy chairman of the House’s Commission I overseeing defense and international affairs, said the government needed to prepare necessary infrastructures and human resources for its implementation.
The ACCT was drafted in Cebu, the Philippines, in January 2007 during the 12th ASEAN Summit, following the ASEAN Declaration on the Joint Action to Counterterrorism and the Declaration on Terrorism, adopted at the ASEAN summits in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
