Minister Luhut Meets Australian Delegates, Discusses Terrorism
9 June 2016 09:50 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian and Australian delegates have once again held the Australia-Indonesia Ministerial Council on Law and Security in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The meeting is a follow up of a similar event held last December. In the forum, both country discussed cooperation and mutual responsibility on international security, particularly on terrorism.
“We have had comprehensive talks on terrorism prevention,” said the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, who attended the event as an Indonesian delegate, in a press release. Luhut added that both countries also discussed intelligence cooperation and enhanced capacity in several areas.
According to Luhut, the meeting is crucial for both parties due to the achievements in the past year. He illustrated that one of the achievements in addressing terrorist threat is the mapping of Islamic States of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) movements in Southeast Asia.
Luhut went on that there are roughly 500 Indonesians in Suriah wishing to establish the Khilafah in Southeast Asia. “We have successfully mapped them,” he said. He added that Indonesia and Australia have had exchange of information on the issue. “We believe that we can address the issue.”
On the terrorist money flow from Australia to Indonesia, Luhut admitted that the cash flow is currently being investigated by both countries. Revised anti-terrorism bill will be concluded to address the issue.
The revised anti-terrorism bill will allow authorities to detain any person or group of people who are allegedly committing terrorist acts, which is not possible in the old bill. “We hope that the revision process will be concluded next month,” Luhut said.
Aside from Luhut, Indonesian delegates comprise of Police Chief Badrodin Haiti, the National Terrorism Mitigation Agency Chief Tito Karnavian and Director General of Immigration of Justice and Human Rights Ministry Ronny F Sompie.
Whereas Australian delegates was chaired by Australian Attorney-General George Brandis who was accompanied by Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan.
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