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Counterterrorism, statistic bodies to establish terrorism risk index

The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) have signed an agreement to establish a terrorism risk index in a bid to identify the roots of terrorism amid fears of growing radicalism in the country.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, December 27, 2016

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Counterterrorism, statistic bodies to establish terrorism risk index Fight against terrorism: National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Comr. Gen. Suhardi Alius (left) and Central Statistics Agency (BPS) chief Suhariyanto speak to the press on Tuesday in Jakarta, after signing an agreement to establish a terrorism-risk index, which aims to gauge the causes and likelihood of terrorism in the country. (JP/ fac)

The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) have signed an agreement to establish a terrorism risk index in a bid to identify the roots of terrorism amid fears of growing radicalism in the country.

BNPT chief Comr. Gen. Suhardi Alius said he expected relevant data gathered by the BPS would help his institution create the best policies possible to eradicate radicalism.

“We are cooperating with the BPS to obtain data and information to examine the roots of terrorism up to the city and regency level. We want to find the best methods [to curb terrorism] because we cannot make policies based on assumptions,” Suhardi said after the agreement’s official signing on Tuesday in Jakarta.

Meanwhile, BPS chief Suhariyanto said the cause of radicalism and terrorism could be driven by multiple factors, including ideology, economics, politics, and socio-cultural reasons. Thus, those factors would be used as parameters to gauge the terrorism risk index.

He added that some indexes on socio-economic levels, democracy, anticorruption and security could be relevant in identifying the risk of terrorism because "social and economic gaps have driven extremists to commit terror."

“We will adopt the methods used by the Institute for Economics and Peace in measuring its Global Terrorism Index. However, we will make some adjustments based on actual conditions in Indonesia,” he said. (fac/bbn)

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