A government team on Friday finished preparing revisions to a bill on the eradication of terrorism. The bill is ready to be debated at the House of Representatives, a minister has said.

"About 35 percent of the law has been changed," Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said as quoted by Antara news agency at his office, adding that the bill would be submitted to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday.

Nineteen articles were revised during the drafting process, with new articles added and others amended from existing ones, said Luhut.

An official previously said that one of the main focuses of the debate was whether passport revocations should only cover Indonesians alleged to have joined the Islamic State (IS) movement and who had committed terrorist attacks.

The drafters also discussed whether Indonesian nationals who had departed and engaged in illegal military training abroad should have their passports revoked.

Other additional articles will regulate the valid use of electronic information to arrest suspects involved in terrorist attacks. Law enforcement is also expected to get the extraterritorial authority to arrest foreign terrorist suspects who are on Indonesian soil

The House is scheduled to receive the revisions in about three days after the revisions are first submitted to the President, Luhut said. (afr/liz/bbn)

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