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Pindad confirms firearms order from BIN, Police
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Pindad has introduced its latest assault rifle, the SS2 V5 Silencer. The weapon is the quietest rifle ever produced in Indonesia and is claimed to be quieter than Germany's Maschinenpistole-7, or MP-7. (Courtesy of/www.pindad.com)
State-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad has confirmed that the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has ordered 517 weapons.
The rifles are currently still with the company and have yet to be sent to the agency
"Yes, there is a contract between PT Pindad and BIN for 517 [weapons]," PT Pindad secretary Bayu A. Fiantori said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.
Bayu also said that the National Police planned to order 5,000 weapons from his company.
"The police plans [to order] 5,000 weapons but we have yet to make any contract," he said, refusing to give any details as to what kinds of weapons BIN and the Police were going to buy.
Bayu only revealed that the weapons had different specifications from those belonging to the Indonesian Military (TNI).
"[The weapons BIN has ordered] are non-military. The weapons have different specifications from the TNI weapons," Bayu said.
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Controversies arose after TNI chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said in front of retired military personnel on Friday he had received intelligence information that a number of institutions had ordered a shipment of 5,000 "illegal" firearms without President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's consent.
On Sunday, however, Coordinating Political, Security and Legal Affairs Minister Wiranto clarified that there had been a "miscommunication" regarding the firearms procurement.
"There is a procurement order for 500 non-TNI standard firearms to Pindad, not 5,000. It was BIN that made the order for intelligence education purposes," Wiranto claimed. (foy/bbs)
