House speaker disagrees with dissolution of Densus 88
NU Online · Sabtu, 2 Maret 2013 | 22:52 WIB
Jakarta, NU Online
House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said recently that the Densus 88 counterterrorism unit had been successful in preventing terror acts and therefore should not be dissolved but better supervised to make it “human rights friendly”.<>
“Today is much safer compared to the past when terror attacks occurred. Foreigners were afraid to come to Indonesia and this greatly hurt the tourism industry. Densus is not yet perfect in carrying out its operations, but dissolving it is not the right thing to do,” Marzuki told reporters at his office recently.
The Democratic Party politician argued that the police could set up a new squad but there was no guarantee it would not violate human rights in its operations.
“Terrorism is a transnational crime like narcotics and corruption. It’s a serious threat to our nation. Densus 88 has effectively countered terrorist attacks against the country, thus we still need it. It just needs to improve its procedures to be more human rights friendly,” he went on.
The country’s counterterrorism squad was formed on June 30, 2003, following the Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, including foreigners. Since its establishment, the squad has been partly funded and trained by the US as well as Australian governments.
The squad, however, has been a continuous target of criticism due to the way it has gone about arresting, torturing or killing individuals believed to be terrorists.
Editor: Sudarto Murtaufiq
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