Sweeping classified as terrorism?
Sweeping classified as terrorism?
JAKARTA: All movements or actions that incite unrest and chaos
among the people and thereby damage the country's image can be
categorized as terrorism, head of State Intelligence Body (BIN)
A.M. Hendropriyono said on Tuesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the PDI Perjuangan
leadership meeting at Hotel Borobudur in Central Jakarta,
Hendropriyono asserted that the plan of certain Muslim groups to
search for and expel Americans and citizens from allied countries
was against the law.
"Such actions are irresponsible. They (the radical Muslim
groups) are not the official law enforcers. Sweeping is a police
duty," he said as quoted by Metro TV.
"Now we have to deal with terrorism and we have to stop it.
Anarchy is a form of terrorism and therefore any action that
incites hysteria among the people, triggers chaos and thereby
tarnishing the country's image can be categorized as (a form of)
terrorism," the retired three-star general said.
U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Robert S. Gelbard has strongly
criticized the police for failing to stop radical Muslim groups
which threaten to hunt down Americans. -- JP