Not easy to define terrorism: Police

Not easy to define terrorism: Police

JAKARTA: National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar and Deputy
Attorney General Fachri Nasution gave inputs on Wednesday to a
House committee deliberating the terrorism bill.

Da'i said it was not easy to define terrorism, therefore
articles in the bill should instead spell out crimes which could
be charged under the law.

The police chief emphasized that a meeting of police chiefs
from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had
identified eight crimes that could be categorized as terrorist
actions.

They are terrorism, drug trade, arms smuggling, people-
smuggling, money laundering, sea piracy, cyber crime, and
economic crimes.

Although those acts could be charged under articles in the
criminal code and the emergency law, the terrorism bill was still
required to create a deterrent effect, Da'i said.
--JP