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National 5 years ago
COVID-19 may reduce pro-IS activity, but attacks still possible: IPAC
While most pro-Islamic State supporters will stay at home to prepare for the imminent armageddon, some might try to launch attacks against the government by, among other measures, sending already COVID-19 infected supporters and deliberately infecting their enemies, such as police officers.
National 6 years ago
KPAI urges govt to decide who gets custody of orphaned children of IS affiliates
KPAI commissioner Retno Listyarti said the government was obliged to put the children in the custody of their closest relatives, according to Government Regulation (PP) No. 44/2017 on foster care for children.
Opinion 6 years ago
PREMIUM
IS repatriation: Threats to Indonesian security, politics
The repatriation of ex-Islamic State (IS) group members is a challenge several countries are facing. Programs led by governments and NGOs do not show evidence of their effectiveness to lower the threats of extremism.
National 6 years ago
They are ‘ex-citizens’: Jokowi disowns overseas Indonesian IS supporters
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided to ban Indonesian nationals who joined the Islamic State (IS) movement in Syria from returning to Indonesia, calling them “ex-citizens”, as he instructed his aides to immediately sort out their identities and put them on the immigration database.
National 6 years ago
BREAKING: Indonesia not repatriating IS fighters to protect nation from 'terrorist virus'
Coordinating Legal, Political and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Cabinet made the decision because the interests of the hundreds of millions of citizens in the country outweighed those of the 689 who, he said, had become “foreign terrorist fighters” in Syria and Turkey.
Opinion 6 years ago
To welcome or deny former IS fighters, avoiding old mistakes
As a nation that bears a dark, unresolved chapter in our history through the purge of alleged communists in the aftermath of the failed Sept. 30, 1965 coup, blamed on the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), we should not repeat the same mistake of making the arbitrary decisions to execute people, like alleged or suspected communists, without due process of law.
