INDONESIA: JAKARTA TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ANTI-TERRORISM DECREE FOLLOWING RECENT NIGHTCLUB BOMB BLASTS IN BALI

Record ID: 640584

  • Title: INDONESIA: JAKARTA TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ANTI-TERRORISM DECREE FOLLOWING RECENT NIGHTCLUB BOMB BLASTS IN BALI
  • Date: 17th October 2002
  • Summary: EU) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 17, 2002) (REUTERS) WIDE INDONESIAN PRESIDENT MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI AND CABINET WALKING TO MEETING ROOM SV: MINISTERS WAITING OUTSIDE ROOM SCU: CU NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF DAI BACHTIAR MV: MEGAWATI TAKING A SEAT IN CABINET MEETING WIDE CABINET MEETING SV: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AKHBAR TANDJUNG WS: MINISTERS IN MEETING MV: MEGAWATI IN MEETING WIDE MEETING SCU: PHOTOGRAPHERS MV: MEGAWATI AND AKHBAR TANJDUNG WALKING TO PRESS CONFERENCE SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) MEGAWATI SAYING: "The government wants an agreement from the parliament to come out with a decree about the issue of terrorism." SV: OFFICIALS SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) MEGAWATI SAYING: "For that the government in taking actions to fight existing terrorism needs a basis of law to do so." SCU: CAMERA OPERATOR SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) AKHBAR TANDJUNG SAYING: "The Parliament agrees with the government to come out with a decree. That is how parliament feels and I have told this to the president. That is all." WIDE OF MEGAWATI AND AKHBAR TANDJUNG WALKING AWAY FROM PRESS CONFERENCE JAKARTA, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 17, 2002) (REUTERS) WIDE OF ROAD CIRCUS IN JAKARTA WIDE OF CANDLE-LIGHT VIGIL IN JAKARTA VARIOUS OF VIGIL (8 SHOTS) SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesian) PROTESTER IRWAN SAYING: "The incidents in Bali and Manado are all forms of violence and terrorism. We are against terrorism." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT VIGIL (4 SHOTS) SCU: YOUNG GIRL AT VIGIL
  • Embargoed: 1st November 2002 12:00
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  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Crime,General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9SZMQQEBP14BPMQ2Z9SQG8TFL
  • Story Text: Indonesia is to issue an emergency anti-terrorism decree that will carry a maximum penalty of death, following weekend bomb blasts in Bali.
    Meanwhile Indonesians have held a candlelight vigil in central Jakarta to remember the 182 people who died.
    Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri announced on Thursday (Oct 17) that she will issue an emergency anti-terrorism decree.
    The announcement came after Megawati met lawmakers led by parliamentary speaker Akhbar Tandjung at her palace in Jakarta.
    "The government wants an agreement from the parliament to come out with a decree about the issue of terrorism," Megawati told reporters.
    Justice minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra told reporters the maximum punishment under the proposed decree will be the death penalty.
    The decree was formulated after the deadly bomb blasts in Bali last Saturday night where more than 180 people, mainly young foreigners, were killed.
    "For that the government in taking actions to fight existing terrorism needs a basis of law to do so," Megawati stressed during the press conference.
    Parliamentary speaker Akhbar Tandjung said lawmakers agreed with the president.
    "The Parliament agrees with the government to come out with a decree. That is how parliament feels and I have told this to the president. That is all," Akhbar Tandjung said.
    Later in the night, hundreds of people turned up at a busy Jakarta street held a candle-light vigil for victims of the Bali blast.
    The protesters, including monks and community leaders, went around a busy Jakarta circus holding candles and banners rallying against violence and terrorism.
    "The incidents in Bali and Manado are all forms of violence and terrorism. We are against terrorism," said Irwan, one of the protesters.
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