Alertness to foreign aid

Alertness to foreign aid

From Media Indonesia

With the entry of foreign military forces to provide aid, it is appropriate for the government and the Indonesian Military (TNI) to remain alert to the possibility of the foreign side or the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) benefiting from the situation.

If the foreign supplies sent to Aceh are not subject to prior inspection, some of them may contain arms for GAM. So, ways should be sought to prevent any harmful use of this opportunity.

Therefore, the government and TNI should optimize the role of intelligence in monitoring donations given to survivors of the recent tsunami disaster in Aceh, particularly those in the form of foreign supplies.

We all want the restoration of normal living conditions in Aceh following the calamity as well as the elimination of GAM separatists from the region.

SRI LESTARI Jakarta