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Jokowi amends draft for revised antiterrorism bill

On guard: Personnel of the National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 are engaged in a security operation to pursue members of a terrorist group led by the fugitive Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, last year

Ayomi Amindoni (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, February 2, 2016

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Jokowi amends draft for revised antiterrorism bill On guard: Personnel of the National Police’s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 are engaged in a security operation to pursue members of a terrorist group led by the fugitive Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, last year. (Tempo) (Tempo)

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span class="inline inline-center">On guard: Personnel of the National Police'€™s counterterrorism squad Densus 88 are engaged in a security operation to pursue members of a terrorist group led by the fugitive Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, last year. (Tempo)

President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo has given his input on the draft for a revision of the 2013 antiterrorism law submitted to the President on Monday.

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said Jokowi had made some corrections on the wording of articles in the draft, but had not asked for changes related to the substance.

'€œThere are just slight changes in the wording of the articles,'€ he said at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday.

Luhut added that one of main issues stipulated in the draft was the revocation of passports of Indonesians believed to have joined terrorist groups or committed terrorist attacks. Indonesian nationals engaged in illegal military training abroad should also have their passports revoked, he added.  

The minister said additional articles in the draft would regulate the valid use of electronic information to arrest terrorism suspects. Law enforcers would also receive extraterritorial authority to arrest suspected foreign terrorists on Indonesian territory.

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said on Monday the government would submit the draft to the House of Representatives immediately upon finalization.

"As the revision of the 2013 antiterrorism law is a government initiative, we will prepare academic papers, and hopefully the House can accept the government's proposals, so the revised law could become a legal basis for the government to take preventive measures against terrorism and radicalism," he said. (ebf)(+)

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