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Extraordinary measures needed to root out terrorists: BIN chief
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State Intelligence Agency head Gen. Budi Gunawan (Antara Photo/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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tate Intelligence Agency (BIN) chairman Budi Gunawan said on Sunday that Indonesia would need to put in place extraordinary measures to clamp down on radicalism and terrorism in light of recent suicide bombings that killed three police officers in East Jakarta.
Aside from forging closer cooperation with the global community, Budi said, the government has strengthened the capacity of the BIN, the police, the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) and related government agencies to thwart the spread of the Islamic State (IS) movement in Southeast Asia.
In terms of regulations, BIN will push for the immediate passing of Terrorism Law revisions that will strengthen preventive measures.
"There should also be a legal basis for materials collected by intelligence authorities to be used as evidence in the court of law during prosecutions of a terror suspect," Budi said, adding that his proposal was not intended for abuse to target certain groups.
"Let us not allow this destructive virus to turn Indonesia into a breeding ground [for terrorism] as what has been happening in Iraq and Syria."
The two suicide bombers, identified by the police as Akhmad Sukri and Ichwan Nurul Salam on Wednesday, were members of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), a group that supports the IS movement.
