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Govt urged to revise Terrorism Law
Show of solidarity: City residents join Jokowi Mania Nusantara, a group of President Joko âJokowiâ Widodoâs supporters, to spread flower petals on Friday at the location where the first of a series of blasts exploded on Jl
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Show of solidarity: City residents join Jokowi Mania Nusantara, a group of President Joko âJokowiâ Widodoâs supporters, to spread flower petals on Friday at the location where the first of a series of blasts exploded on Jl. MH Thamrin, Jakarta, on Thursday. The location of the attacks has since returned to calm and residents have resumed normal activities. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari) (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
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span class="inline inline-center">Show of solidarity: City residents join Jokowi Mania Nusantara, a group of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's supporters, to spread flower petals on Friday at the location where the first of a series of blasts exploded on Jl. MH Thamrin, Jakarta, on Thursday. The location of the attacks has since returned to calm and residents have resumed normal activities. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
The National Police are calling on the government to immediately revise Law No. 9/2013 on the prevention and eradication of terrorism, saying the existing antiterrorism law does not provide space for the police to conduct legal measures to tackle potential terrorists.
'All this time, the police could detect terrorists. However, we [the police] are not allowed to crack down on suspected terrorists if they don't commit any criminal offense,' National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday.
'On some of the people arriving from Syria, for instance, we can do nothing because of limitations we are facing in the law. Therefore, we request that the government and the House of Representatives revise the current Terrorism Law,' he added.
Badrodin went on to say that the documentation and mapping of radical groups in Indonesia was actually relatively good, with police officers able to monitor the movement and development of terrorists across the country.
However, he said the police could not catch, arrest or interrogate alleged terrorists unless they committed acts that may lead to terror, such as buying explosive materials, surveying designated attack locations, recruiting people to be involved in terror attacks or organizing terrorist groups, he said.
Badrodin said he hoped the revision of the 2013 Terrorism Law would enable the police to take legal steps against suspected terrorists although they were not yet proven to have committed terror acts. Only with such a capacity could the police combat terrorism maximally, he said. (cal/ebf)(+)
