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PPATK urges lawmakers to criminalize terror attacks recognized by UN
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Densus 88 counterterrorism squad members stand guard outside the residence of an alleged Islamic State movement supporter in South Tangerang, Banten, on Dec. 27, 2015. (JP/DON)
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he Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has urged lawmakers to update a list of terror acts in the revised 2003 Terrorism Law so that the bill covers international legal instruments recognized by the United Nations to prevent terror.
PPATK chairman Muhammad Yusuf said the current draft revision had yet to include at least four crimes that should be considered acts of terrorism, especially as the crimes were included as types of terror attacks and were punishable under various UN conventions.
"First is criminalizing any party that launches an attack against internationally protected persons, including diplomatic agents. These attacks are considered terror acts, but [our terrorism bill] is yet to include them," Yusuf said at a hearing at the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs, during a discussion on the Terrorism Law on Thursday.
The revision of the law should also criminalize hostage-takers and punish anyone who seized or detained and threatened another person in order to compel a third party, he added.
Any group that carries out unlawful acts against civil aviation safety, including plane hijacking and other offenses committed on board planes that endangered people's lives, should also be punishable under the Terrorism Law, Yusuf said.
Furthermore, the bill should condemn any attack launched in maritime areas, including piracy, unlawful seizure of ships, violence against sailors and ship crewmen, as well as offenses against fixed platforms on the continental shelf, such as offshore oil rigs, Yusuf added. (rin)
