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Asean agrees to set up anti-terrorism task force
Jakarta, Jan 23: Asean members have agreed to set up a task force in their respective countries to beef up the ongoing measures in the fight against terrorism, Indonesian police chief, Gen Dai Bachtiar said here.
Jakarta, Jan 23: Asean members have agreed
to set up a task force in their respective countries to beef
up the ongoing measures in the fight against terrorism,
Indonesian police chief, Gen Dai Bachtiar said here.
The idea of the task force, introduced by Indonesia, was
one of the proposals submitted during the three-day Asean
workshop on combating terrorism which ended here.
"Within a month, each Asean member country should submit
the names, telephone and fascimile numbers and e-mail
addresses of each of the task force to the other members of
Asean," Bachtiar said yesterday when giving details on the
outcome of the workshop here.
He said that through the task force, Asean member
countries could extend help to their neighbours which fell
victim of terrorism activities, like Indonesia.
Indonesia found itself under spotlight when a deadly bomb
blast ripped through a busy tourist district in Kuta, Bali, on
October 12, last year, where 193 people mostly foreign visitors
were killed and more than 300 others injured.
Also included in this collaboration and cooperation
effort were the evacuation and medical treatment of victims
and forensic and laboratory test on evidence found on the
ground, he said.
Bureau Report