Police plan antiterrorism workshop

Police plan antiterrorism workshop

JAKARTA: National Police Headquarters is preparing a workshop
on how to cope with terrorism and other transnational crimes.

National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Tuesday the
workshop would be held in October here and attended by
representatives of ASEAN-member countries.

Preparations were now in progress involving the police and 43
state institutions, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Directorate General of Immigration.

Da'i said the workshop was recommended during the ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime in Kuala Lumpur
recently. There were eight crimes which needed joint measures,
with Indonesia focusing on terrorism.

Other crimes highlighted were drug trafficking, money
laundering, arms smuggling, child and women trading, cyber crime,
sea piracy and international economic crime. -- Antara