REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government will be reviewing the report from the Australian government relating to terrorist activities in the country, the Indonesian Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has said.
"We have detected all potential terrorism activities. The Indonesian government has received the information from Australia and will review the report," Anung said here Thursday.
"Recent indications suggest that terrorists may be in an advanced stage of preparing attacks in Indonesia," the Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry announced in its travel advisory for Indonesia.
The ministry also announced a similar travel advisory to Malaysia on February 21 that highlights the terrorist activity in and around Kuala Lumpur city.
The Indonesian government can control the security situation and improve the national stability, Anung said.
"It has already proven that on the Thamrin attack. The security officers, including Police and National Counter-Terrorism Agency, had successfully controlled the condition in only three hours after the raid," Anung added.
The security situation in Indonesia is safe and well managed, he said.
The government has coordinated with security agencies, following the advisory from Australia, by improving the alertness.
"We have already increased alertness to all regions. But we should not have to exaggerate in responding to the issue," Anung added.
The government and the House of Representatives are examining the law on Counter-Terrorism and de-radicalization effort as preventive efforts to handle terrorism, he said.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has emphasized the need for government stability to fight terrorism in addition to reducing the number of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF).
"To combat terrorism and reduce the number of FTF, we need political stability, democratic governance, and the absence of foreign occupation," the President said during the session of Retreat II of the US-ASEAN Summit in California, the United States.
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