Indonesia Defence Forum

[barjo]

No more paul keating :p
"I said as Prime Minister that no country was more important to Australia than Indonesia." -Paul Keating.

For Australia they only need to watch the northern neighbor: Indonesia.
Indonesia have a lot of area to worry; from Andaman sea, Thailand, Malaysia, strait of Malacca, Singapore, natuna, scs, Phillipines, PNG, Timor leste, Australia etc
Its Australia that need to take initiative, just like the Indonesia - Australia security treaty in the past (highest point of relationship?).
We already have new treaty tho, Lombok Treaty.
We need to discuss something more than just cattle export, and need to get closer.
IMHO

yeah we need them to fight Kaiju bro

 

[NEKONEKO]

BREAKING: Indonesia passes stronger antiterrorism law

After years of protracted deliberations, the House of Representatives passed on Friday a revision to the 2003 Antiterrorism Law that will grant law enforcers and the military greater powers to combat terrorist groups.

The bill was passed during a plenary session led by House Deputy Speaker Agus Hermanto.

The new legislation includes numerous provisions on terrorism prevention measures, including a legal basis to charge Islamic State (IS) militants returning to Indonesia following their defeat in Iraq and Syria.

The country is facing a new threat from returning IS militants, one of whom is believed to have inspired three families in East Java to carry out terrorist attacks that killed more than a dozen people earlier this month.

The attacks forced the House and the government to speed up deliberations of the bill, which began in January 2016.

Under the new law, a person accused of terrorism can be held in custody for up to 14 days without charges. Law enforcers can also hold them for up to 200 days after officially charging them with terrorism.

Lawmakers and the government have also agreed to grant the Indonesian Military (TNI) a greater role in counterterrorism by legally defining terrorism as a “security disruption” to pave the way for the TNI’s direct involvement.

The passing of the law coincides with the establishment of the TNI’s Joint Special Operations Command
(Koopsusgab), which will take charge of the military’s involvement in the war on terror.

The government will issue a government regulation to serve as a legal basis for Koopsusgab, with the 2014 TNI Law used as a legal umbrella. The regulation classifies the war on terror as a military operation other than war.

Human rights groups have voiced their concerns over certain passages in the law that could be used to curtail civil liberties. (ahw)

source

 

[Logam42]

No more paul keating :p
"I said as Prime Minister that no country was more important to Australia than Indonesia." -Paul Keating.

For Australia they only need to watch the northern neighbor: Indonesia.
Indonesia have a lot of area to worry; from Andaman sea, Thailand, Malaysia, strait of Malacca, Singapore, natuna, scs, Phillipines, PNG, Timor leste, Australia etc
Its Australia that need to take initiative, just like the Indonesia - Australia security treaty in the past (highest point of relationship?).
We already have new treaty tho, Lombok Treaty.
We need to discuss something more than just cattle export, and need to get closer.
IMHO

True dat, due to geography, Indonesia is a de-facto meat shield for Australia, and for the most part, Australia has shown consistent goodwill so long as we continue to be a good meat shield for them.

Simply said, its partially Australian influence that makes our eastern borders so peaceful. Timor-Leste and PNG are both in Australia's sphere of influence, and their help has greatly stabilised those two countries over the years. PNG especially is an Australian dependent, still colonised by them in all but name despite being granted granted independence in the 1970s. Credit where it is due, Australia has used its influence to prevent OPM from making PNG a staging area (It happens from time to time, but is actively suppressed), and also has done admirably in suppressing advocates for a 'United Papua' in PNG.

From the scope of realpolitik Australia has long regarded Indonesia just like most Indonesian cynics regard the post-reformasi government: "It's so big its unwieldy, not always reliable, and far from the 'optimum' or 'ideal' choice, but other options could be worse, and if it falls apart everything will go FUBAR."

All Australian Administrations have supported Indonesian sovereignty over Papua, hell, they even supported our sovereignty in Timor Leste up until the chaotic year leading up to the Referendum where it looked like Indonesia might disintegrate. Only then did they move to secure their interests because it looked like Indonesia might no longer be able to serve as a shield for much longer. Even then they did so in a way to prevent further destabilisation in the region (via-UN mandated and monitored referendum vote).

Indonesia meanwhile, used to adopt a "live-and-let-live" posture on Australia during the Suharto era. So long as Australia doesn't cause any trouble, Indonesia ignores it. It was a saying in our foreign ministry "Australia seperti usus buntu, baru pas nyeri diperhatikan" or "Australia is like Appendicitis, you ignore it until it starts hurting."

Considering Suharto's closeness to America, and his preoccupation in consolidating a national identity and building the up the economy, that stance was understandable. Australia was nothing more than a wayward appendage of western influence that lacked the ability and motivation to destabilise Indonesia. Australia old policy of "White migration only" also closed the doors for most economic cooperation with Asia, including Indonesia until it was repealed in the late 1970s.

The shifting of the perception to that of an active ally has been rather slow, mainly due to public perception of both nations (Indonesians feel pissed about Timor, Australians feel pissed about balibo five and Papua), while cooperation has been built anyway, it will never be a strong one so long as the public of both nations harbour animosity towards each other.

yeah we need them to fight Kaiju bro

Paul Keating was like, Indonesia's best Autralian PM bro. Guy even wrote an eulogy for Suharto:

Spoiler: Eulogy Beginning

Indonesia's former president has been unjustly maligned. We should be grateful for the security on our doorstep - for which we have him to thank.

THE death of Soeharto, former president of Indonesia, gives all Australians a chance to assess the value of his life and the relationship between Indonesia and Australia. Of any figure in the post-World War II period, including any American president, Soeharto, by his judgement, goodwill and good sense, had the greatest positive impact on Australia's strategic environment and, hence, on its history.

In the 40 years since he came to power in 1965, Indonesia has been the ballast in South-East Asian stability and the foundation stone upon which ASEAN was built.

Soeharto took a nation of 120 million people, racked by political turmoil and poverty, from near disintegration to the orderly, ordered and prosperous state that it is today.

In 1965, countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe were in the same position as Indonesia then. Today, those countries are economic and social wrecks. By contrast, Indonesia is a model of harmony, cohesion and progress. And the principal reason for that is Soeharto.
{continued}

Of course, he was called a suck-up by the media, and compared to a fly attracted to shit for daring not to demonise Suharto.

 

[barjo]

True dat, due to geography, Indonesia is a de-facto meat shield for Australia, and for the most part, Australia has shown consistent goodwill so long as we continue to be a good meat shield for them.

Simply said, its partially Australian influence that makes our eastern borders so peaceful. Timor-Leste and PNG are both in Australia's sphere of influence, and their help has greatly stabilised those two countries over the years. PNG especially is an Australian dependent, still colonised by them in all but name despite being granted granted independence in the 1970s. Credit where it is due, Australia has used its influence to prevent OPM from making PNG a staging area (It happens from time to time, but is actively suppressed), and also has done admirably in suppressing advocates for a 'United Papua' in PNG.

From the scope of realpolitik Australia has long regarded Indonesia just like most Indonesian cynics regard the post-reformasi government: "It's so big its unwieldy, not always reliable, and far from the 'optimum' or 'ideal' choice, but other options could be worse, and if it falls apart everything will go FUBAR."

All Australian Administrations have supported Indonesian sovereignty over Papua, hell, they even supported our sovereignty in Timor Leste up until the chaotic year leading up to the Referendum where it looked like Indonesia might disintegrate. Only then did they move to secure their interests because it looked like Indonesia might no longer be able to serve as a shield for much longer. Even then they did so in a way to prevent further destabilisation in the region (via-UN mandated and monitored referendum vote).

Indonesia meanwhile, used to adopt a "live-and-let-live" posture on Australia during the Suharto era. So long as Australia doesn't cause any trouble, Indonesia ignores it. It was a saying in our foreign ministry "Australia seperti usus buntu, baru pas nyeri diperhatikan" or "Australia is like Appendicitis, you ignore it until it starts hurting."

Considering Suharto's closeness to America, and his preoccupation in consolidating a national identity and building the up the economy, that stance was understandable. Australia was nothing more than a wayward appendage of western influence that lacked the ability and motivation to destabilise Indonesia. Australia old policy of "White migration only" also closed the doors for most economic cooperation with Asia, including Indonesia until it was repealed in the late 1970s.

The shifting of the perception to that of an active ally has been rather slow, mainly due to public perception of both nations (Indonesians feel pissed about Timor, Australians feel pissed about balibo five and Papua), while cooperation has been built anyway, it will never be a strong one so long as the public of both nations harbour animosity towards each other.


Paul Keating was like, Indonesia's best Autralian PM bro. Guy even wrote an eulogy for Suharto:

Spoiler: Eulogy Beginning

Indonesia's former president has been unjustly maligned. We should be grateful for the security on our doorstep - for which we have him to thank.

THE death of Soeharto, former president of Indonesia, gives all Australians a chance to assess the value of his life and the relationship between Indonesia and Australia. Of any figure in the post-World War II period, including any American president, Soeharto, by his judgement, goodwill and good sense, had the greatest positive impact on Australia's strategic environment and, hence, on its history.

In the 40 years since he came to power in 1965, Indonesia has been the ballast in South-East Asian stability and the foundation stone upon which ASEAN was built.

Soeharto took a nation of 120 million people, racked by political turmoil and poverty, from near disintegration to the orderly, ordered and prosperous state that it is today.

In 1965, countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe were in the same position as Indonesia then. Today, those countries are economic and social wrecks. By contrast, Indonesia is a model of harmony, cohesion and progress. And the principal reason for that is Soeharto.
{continued}

Of course, he was called a suck-up by the media, and compared to a fly attracted to shit for daring not to demonise Suharto.

Paul is more like knew much about java term of 'mikul duwur mendem jero' (honour the passed away) also known for expert in culture, I would say Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje in modern era, and he knews java people "dipangku mati" (praise them and they will be your ally). Is deep analysis I agree with you, if there are any asia steriotipe and anglo saxon politic and culture clash we're not far from the true meaning of postkolonialism realistic here, although we in debt with them with our independ (KTN) but we should know the asia pasific treaty in the pass to support any nation independ from old imperialism (or maybe new one) is much as a hidden dagger toward us and any other nation that after WW2 are emerging country that still need to passed anthropology revolution, in meaning of still to determine who we are in tribe, religion, economy, even a slice of different noticed. So they passed with their white politic (their anthropology revolution imho) but we are still defide between asia tribe event between island...
and they knew that

 

[Nike]

DPR – TNI RESMIKAN KOOPSUSGAB SECARA PERMANEN
25 MEI 2018 DIANEKO_LC 1 KOMENTAR

Komando Operasi Khusus Gabungan (Koopssusgab) TNI (Antara)

Komando Operasi Khusus Gabungan yang jadi pasukan TNI penindak terorisme disepakati TNI dan DPR. Sebelum rapat dengan panitia khusus rancangan undang-undang anti-terorisme, Panglima TNI hadir dalam rapat dengan komisi I DPR.


Komisi yang bergerak di bidang pertahanan ini sepakat mengesahkan Komando Operasi Khusus Gabungan TNI. Panglima TNI menyatakan dukungan DPR atas pengaktifan Koopsus Gabungan sesuai Undang-Undang TNI nomor 34 tahun 2004.

Menurut Panglima Koopsusgab akan diperkuat dengan peraturan pemerintah dan perpres sehingga memiliki payung hukum yang jelas.

Sebagai lembaga permanen unit baru TNI ini memiliki anggaran sendiri. Mereka beraksi dalam penanggulangan terorisme sesuai skala ancaman.

Sebelum aturan terbit komando ini jadi alat perbantuan kepada Polri, sebagaimana dilansir dari laman Kompas (25/ 05).

Indonesia version of SOCOM, had been legalized under the frame of government law and legal constitution.

And good news for good people

House of Representatives passes into law the bill on terrorism
Jumat, 25 Mei 2018 14:51 WIB - 2 Views

Reporter: ANTARA

Parliament building in Jakarta. (--)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A plenary session of the House of Representatives agreed in acclamation to pass into law a bill on terrorism on Friday after being shelved almost two years .

Is the report of chairman of the Special Committee on Terrorism Bill is approved and to be passed into law? Deputy House Speakers, Agus Hermanto, who chaired the plenary session asked.

The long delay in the decision was mainly on disagreement on the definition of terrorism. The ten factions of the House reached agreement on the definition on Thursday night after lengthy debate.

The House was under pressure to approve and pass the bill into law after President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) threatened to issue regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) unless the House failed to pass the bill, which is a revision of the old law this month.

Police Chief General Tito Karnavian also urgently asked the President Jokowi to issue Perppu to provide legal basis for police to act firmly against terrorist suspects.

Karnavian's proposal came after terror attacks jolted the country earlier this month . Three Christian Churches in the East Java capital of Surabaya were attacked on May 13 leaving 18 people dead including the six attackers and at least 40 others injured.

The attacks on the three churches in separate locations in Surabaya came only three days after a riot at a detention center occupying by around 150 terrorist suspects at the police mobile brigade headquarters in Jakarta leaving six members of the police anti terrorist squad dead.

The attackers belonged to a family, father, mother, tow daughters and two sons

On the next days another terrorist family of five attacked the Surabaya police office leaving four of the five attackers killed by their bombs.

Another terror attack followed in Sumatra, leaving four terrorist killed when attacking police headquarter in Pekanbaru, Riau.

He said the draft law was more effective in eliminating terrorism.

"We know their cells, but the law forbids us to touch on them before they start committing any crime," he said, adding law enforcement agencies need more than just.

He called for support from the House of Representatives saying revision of the Law should not drag on for too long to prevent more victims.

Police needs support in legal basis to act on terrorist suspects especially in dealing with those returning from Syria, he said.

There are around 500 Indonesians, returning home from Syria where they fought alongside ISIS. They are free to resume normal life in the country. The attackers of the three churches in Surabaya were said to just returned from Syria.

The revised law allows involvement of the military in the fight against terrorists.
Editor: Ade P Marboen

COPYRIGHT © ANTARA 2018
https://m.antaranews.com/en/news/11...tatives-passes-into-law-the-bill-on-terrorism

 

[NEKONEKO]

True dat, due to geography, Indonesia is a de-facto meat shield for Australia, and for the most part, Australia has shown consistent goodwill so long as we continue to be a good meat shield for them.

Simply said, its partially Australian influence that makes our eastern borders so peaceful. Timor-Leste and PNG are both in Australia's sphere of influence, and their help has greatly stabilised those two countries over the years. PNG especially is an Australian dependent, still colonised by them in all but name despite being granted granted independence in the 1970s. Credit where it is due, Australia has used its influence to prevent OPM from making PNG a staging area (It happens from time to time, but is actively suppressed), and also has done admirably in suppressing advocates for a 'United Papua' in PNG.

From the scope of realpolitik Australia has long regarded Indonesia just like most Indonesian cynics regard the post-reformasi government: "It's so big its unwieldy, not always reliable, and far from the 'optimum' or 'ideal' choice, but other options could be worse, and if it falls apart everything will go FUBAR."

All Australian Administrations have supported Indonesian sovereignty over Papua, hell, they even supported our sovereignty in Timor Leste up until the chaotic year leading up to the Referendum where it looked like Indonesia might disintegrate. Only then did they move to secure their interests because it looked like Indonesia might no longer be able to serve as a shield for much longer. Even then they did so in a way to prevent further destabilisation in the region (via-UN mandated and monitored referendum vote).

Indonesia meanwhile, used to adopt a "live-and-let-live" posture on Australia during the Suharto era. So long as Australia doesn't cause any trouble, Indonesia ignores it. It was a saying in our foreign ministry "Australia seperti usus buntu, baru pas nyeri diperhatikan" or "Australia is like Appendicitis, you ignore it until it starts hurting."

Considering Suharto's closeness to America, and his preoccupation in consolidating a national identity and building the up the economy, that stance was understandable. Australia was nothing more than a wayward appendage of western influence that lacked the ability and motivation to destabilise Indonesia. Australia old policy of "White migration only" also closed the doors for most economic cooperation with Asia, including Indonesia until it was repealed in the late 1970s.

The shifting of the perception to that of an active ally has been rather slow, mainly due to public perception of both nations (Indonesians feel pissed about Timor, Australians feel pissed about balibo five and Papua), while cooperation has been built anyway, it will never be a strong one so long as the public of both nations harbour animosity towards each other.


Paul Keating was like, Indonesia's best Autralian PM bro. Guy even wrote an eulogy for Suharto:

Spoiler: Eulogy Beginning

Indonesia's former president has been unjustly maligned. We should be grateful for the security on our doorstep - for which we have him to thank.

THE death of Soeharto, former president of Indonesia, gives all Australians a chance to assess the value of his life and the relationship between Indonesia and Australia. Of any figure in the post-World War II period, including any American president, Soeharto, by his judgement, goodwill and good sense, had the greatest positive impact on Australia's strategic environment and, hence, on its history.

In the 40 years since he came to power in 1965, Indonesia has been the ballast in South-East Asian stability and the foundation stone upon which ASEAN was built.

Soeharto took a nation of 120 million people, racked by political turmoil and poverty, from near disintegration to the orderly, ordered and prosperous state that it is today.

In 1965, countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe were in the same position as Indonesia then. Today, those countries are economic and social wrecks. By contrast, Indonesia is a model of harmony, cohesion and progress. And the principal reason for that is Soeharto.
{continued}

Of course, he was called a suck-up by the media, and compared to a fly attracted to shit for daring not to demonise Suharto.

agree.
>meat shield
Yeah; buffer zone from whatever coming from the north(south is safe as long as the penguin keep their pacifism), but Indonesia is also a potential threat. That's why they have jorn in the north.

>OPM
Australia best interest is that Indonesia keep intact, Yugoslavia2 near their border won't be good, Indonesia is too diverse be it ethnic, culture,etc; scattered on thousands of island along 5000+ km the only thing that unite us is Indonesia -> sumpah pemuda. Yeah if Indonesia is falling apart then FUBAR. Civil war, Somali style piracy, rogue state etc, not good for the indo-pacific region.

>closed doors for most economic cooperation with Asia.
It's Asian century, asia will rise.

>suck up
well he is unique, he said "will we found peace from Asia, or will we found peace in Asia" and he choose the latter (check out: http://abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/i...rime-minister-paul-keating/4372568#transcript)

They need to learn Indonesian(asian) culture so we can have a better relationship (simple, easy but have great effect). And also communication and discussion is better than sususpicission.

 

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[Nike]

Bring on the soldiers

• Editorial Board
  The Jakarta Post
  

Jakarta | Sat, May 26, 2018 | 09:49 am

This handout photo released by Presidential Palace on May 13, 2018 shows Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (L), National Police Chief Tito Karnavian (C), Coordinating Minister for Social, Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto (2nd L), and Armed Forces Chief Hadi Tjahjanto (2nd R) at the scene of an attack outside the Central Pantekosta church (Gereja Pantekosta Pusat) in Surabaya. A series of blasts, including at least one suicide bombing, struck churches in Indonesia on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens in the deadliest attack for years in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. (AFP/Presidential Palace)

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Indonesia will soon have a new terrorism law. The House of Representatives had been sitting on the legislation for months, but on Friday, barely two weeks after a series of deadly terrorist attacks in the country, they finished their work. It took a crisis to get our representatives off their backsides.

A major point of contention was the role of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in fighting terrorism. Will they have full authority or play second fiddle to the National Police as they do under the current law? The House has settled on the former.

Ironically, it was National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian who pressed for the new law to be enacted, arguing shortly after the attacks that also killed at least six police officers that he needed more authority to more effectively fight terrorists. The new authorities include the right to detain suspects longer and with less bureaucracy.

Armed with these extra powers, which the military will also have, human rights groups must now ensure that they are not abused. It has been nearly 20 years since the military was removed from politics and then confined to dealing with national defense, leaving national security the domain of the police.

The extra powers under the new terrorism law call to mind the Subversion Law, one of the first laws the nation repealed immediately after the fall of Soeharto’s militarybacked regime in 1998, because it was widely abused to silence and jail critics of the government.

To their credit, the police have done a superb job in keeping the nation safe from terrorism, which is categorized as an extraordinary crime. The attacks a few weeks ago, including at the National Police’s Mobile Brigade headquarters in Jakarta’s suburb of Depok, were a few lapses in security. There would have been far deadlier attacks had it not been for the police, particularly its Densus 88 counterterrorism squad. This is evident in the number of suspected terrorists they have killed, arrested, prosecuted and jailed in several operations to bust terrorist networks and cells.

The nation has now decided the military and the police will share the responsibility. For the safety and security of the country, we ask that the National Police and TNI work together as equal partners. This may not be as easy as it seems, as the police were treated as the soldiers’ little brothers in the past.

One key area for collaboration is sharing intelligence. Gen. Tito says that in fighting terrorism, 75 percent of the work is in intelligence, 20 percent in developing cases and 5 percent active measures. The attacks earlier this month were clearly intelligence lapses that could have been prevented.

Sharing the field also means sharing the burden. Terrorists have targeted police officers, stations and even headquarters as for much of the last 10 years precisely because the police have gotten in the way of their struggle to establish a caliphate.

For better or worse, we will soon have a new terrorism law with all the attendant risks. There are no more excuses, and certainly no more lapses, for allowing another deadly terrorist attack to occur.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2018/05/26/bring-on-the-soldiers.html

 

[Nike]

Indonesia elaborate possibilities to bought missile system from Belarus to equip Flanker fleet the Air Force had

Belarus Tawarkan Pemeliharaan Berat dan Rudal Pesawat Sukhoi

26 Mei 2018



Pemeliharaan berat pesawat Sukhoi di 558 Aviation Repair Plant (photo : 558ARP)

Kasau Terima Kunjungan Kehormatan Dubes Belarus
Bisnis Metro, JAKARTA — Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara (Kasau) Marsekal TNI Yuyu Sutisna, S.E., M.M menerima kunjungan kehormatan Duta Besar (Dubes) Luar Biasa dan Berkuasa Penuh Republik Belarus untuk Indonesia H.E. Mr. Valery Kolesnik di Mabesau Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur, Jumat (25/5/2018).

Kasau sangat mengapresiasi kunjungan Dubes Belarus untuk Indonesia yang dimaksudkan untuk mempererat hubungan kedua negara yang telah terjalin baik selama ini dan menyampaikan ucapan terima kasih karena Belarus telah ikut ambil bagian dalam perawatan pesawat tempur Sukhoi milik TNI AU.

“Belarus merupakan negara sahabat yang juga sekaligus sebagai mitra TNI AU di bidang pertahanan, seperti pemeliharaan tingkat berat dan system upgrade pesawat tempur Sukhoi di fasilitas 558 Aviation Repair Plant,” kata Kasau.

Pada tahun 2017 telah dilaksanakan pemeliharaan 2 unit pesawat Sukhoi, dan saat ini sedang dilaksanakan pemeliharaan 2 unit pesawat Sukhoi Su-30MK yang akan selesai pada bulan September 2018.


TNI AU terus melengkapi persenjataan pesawat Sukhoi (photo : su-27 flanker)

Sementara itu, Dubes Kolesnik mengatakan, hubungan bilateral antara Indonesia dan Belarus semakin erat khususnya di bidang pertahanan yang dibuktikan dengan adanya kerja sama di bidang pemeliharaan pesawat tempur Sukhoi TNI AU di Belarus. Ia juga menawarkan kerja sama di bidang pertukaran Taruna/Cadet Akademi Angkatan Udara kedua negara.

“Saat ini Belarus memiliki kemampuan yang luas di bidang industri pertahanan, bukan hanya di bidang pemeliharaan pesawat namun juga sudah mampu memproduksi berbagai alutsista diantaranya peluru kendali dari udara ke udara jarak menengah serta teknologi optik untuk penginderaan pasukan khusus,” ujar Dubes Kolesnik.

Menanggapi hal tersebut, Kasau menyambut baik tawaran pertukaran Taruna AAU dengan Taruna Akademi Angkatan Udara Belarus dan akan mengkaji lebih lanjut metode pertukaran yang akan digunakan.

Terkait produk peluru kendali udara ke udara jarak menengah di atas 20 km buatan Belarus, Kasau menyampaikan bahwa TNI AU saat ini dalam tahap pengembangan kekuatan dan perlu memiliki peluru kendali jarak menengah, khususnya untuk pesawat tempur Sukhoi.

Pada kesempatan tersebut, Kasau didampingi Aspam Kasau Marsda TNI Dwi Fajariyanto, Aslog Kasau Marsda TNI Eko Supriyanto, S.E., M.M., dan Kadispenau Marsma TNI Ir. Novyan Samyoga, M.M., Sedangkan Dubes Belarus didampingi staf Kedubes Belarus Mr. Glen Krykanov.

(Bisnis Metro)

 

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Bring on the soldiers

• Editorial Board
  The Jakarta Post

I usually attempt to avoid Jakarta Post editorials, they tend to forcefully interpret Indonesian issues through the lens of western liberalism. While definitely still factual, their biases can be a bit thick at times.

That said, here's a take on the same issue by SCMP, a newspaper based in Hong-Kong.
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Indonesia strengthens anti-terror laws against home-grown militants following deadly Islamic State attack
22 May 2018

Indonesia’s parliament approved on Friday tougher anti-terrorism laws as it seeks to combat a surge in home-grown Islamist militancy, days after suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State killed more than 30 people in the city of Surabaya.

Revising a 2003 law became a top priority for the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country after the Surabaya attacks, the deadliest in Indonesia in nearly two decades.

The revised law allows police to preemptively detain suspects for longer and prosecute those who join or recruit for militant groups.

It also seeks to determine the sensitive issue of the military’s role in anti-terrorism operations.

“The president hopes that with the passage of this bill, we can be successful in eradicating terrorism using both soft power and hard power,” Johan Budi, a spokesman for President Joko Widodo, said in a text message.

Indonesia’s most deadly Islamist militant attack took place on the tourist island of Bali in 2002, when bombers killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.

The president hopes that with the passage of this bill, we can be successful in eradicating terrorism
JOHAN BUDI, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN
In subsequent years, Indonesia scored some major successes in tackling militancy.

But recently there has been a resurgence of militant violence and scores of Indonesians have travelled to the Middle East to fight for Islamic State.

Thousands are believed to be drawing inspiration from the group at home.

Law enforcement agencies have complained that they lack the power to detain militants suspected of plotting attacks unless a threat is made or an attack actually carried out.

Under the revised law, anyone suspected of planning an attack can be held for up to 21 days for an initial examination, instead of a week, and for up to 200 days for a formal investigation.

Suspects will also be open to prosecution for joining a “terrorist” organisation, disseminating such teachings or taking part in military-style training at home or overseas.

Those convicted of smuggling explosives or other chemicals and weapons into or out of the country for “terrorism” will face a maximum penalty of death.

The revised bill was proposed by Widodo’s government in early 2016, after a gun and suicide-bomb attack in Jakarta, which at the time was the first Islamic State-linked attack in Southeast Asia.

But the proposed changes languished in parliament amid concern over infringement of rights and after some parties objected to clauses that could mean greater military involvement in internal security.

The new bill states that overcoming terrorism is part of the military’s operations outside of war, but it can only get involved upon a request from the police and with presidential approval.

Separately, Widodo’s government has proposed setting up a special military task force to boost the efforts of the elite counterterrorism police squad, Detachment, or “Densus”, 88.

There have long been concerns that rivalry between the police and the military could complicate the fight against militants.

“They will only be allowed to get involved in the operational phase, where the police feel they need more resources,” Atmadji Sumarkidjo, a senior government official, said of the military.

The bombings in Surabaya, in which two families, including children as young as eight, carried out suicide attacks on churches and a police station, added a sense of urgency to the legislation.

Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch welcomed the central role of the national anti-terrorism agency in the new bill, though said more needed to be done to monitor radicalised people returning from the Middle East.

“The law itself isn’t a silver bullet. It’s time for a sober assessment of why most deradicalisation programmes have not worked,” he said.

The legislation will still also not be as tough as some other countries in the region.

Malaysia in 2015 reintroduced a law under which suspects can be detained without trial for up to two years with two-year extensions thereafter.
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As you can see, exact same facts, same news. Unlike the JP article though, it doesn't spend 80% of its word count on fear-mongering and passive-aggressively trying to defend the previous weak anti-terrorism law. Instead, it thoroughly outlined what the new bill changed a lot better than the JP article, acknowledged concerns, but allowed space for the reader to make their own conclusions.

 

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agree.
>meat shield
Yeah; buffer zone from whatever coming from the north(south is safe as long as the penguin keep their pacifism), but Indonesia is also a potential threat. That's why they have jorn in the north.

>OPM
Australia best interest is that Indonesia keep intact, Yugoslavia2 near their border won't be good, Indonesia is too diverse be it ethnic, culture,etc; scattered on thousands of island along 5000+ km the only thing that unite us is Indonesia -> sumpah pemuda. Yeah if Indonesia is falling apart then FUBAR. Civil war, Somali style piracy, rogue state etc, not good for the indo-pacific region.

>closed doors for most economic cooperation with Asia.
It's Asian century, asia will rise.

>suck up
well he is unique, he said "will we found peace from Asia, or will we found peace in Asia" and he choose the latter (check out: http://abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/i...rime-minister-paul-keating/4372568#transcript)

They need to learn Indonesian(asian) culture so we can have a better relationship (simple, easy but have great effect). And also communication and discussion is better than sususpicission.

Well, this is instance of Australian had become our necessary neighbours

 

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Buat angkutan sembako, yeah right. Tetep aja operator TNI AU

INDONESIA
A400M AKAN DIGUNAKAN UNTUK MENGANGKUT SEMBAKO
26 MEI 2018 DIANEKO_LC 2 KOMENTAR
Salah satu kesenjangan ekonomi Indonesia saat ini ada di wilayah timur khususnya Papua. Menyikapi kesenjangan ekonomi di wilayah timur ini pemerintah lantas melakukan berbagai upaya salah satunya ialah menyediakan angkutan udara (Airlift) dan optimalisasi tol laut.

Tak tanggung-tanggung pemerintah Indonesia berencana membeli lima buah pesawat angkut berat, A 400 M buatan Airbus Defence and Space (ADS). Harga per unit A 400 M adalah 2,3 triliun rupiah.

Belum lagi perawatan yang mahal dari pesawat angkut berspesifikasi militer ini.

Rencananya pesawat A 400 M digunakan untuk mengangkut sembako macam beras, minyak dan lain sebagainya untu masyarakat Papua.

Walaupun berspesifikasi militer namun pembelian pesawat ini bukan dilakukan oleh Kemenhan RI tapi oleh salah satu BUMN PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia (PPI).

Namun walaupun begitu pengoperasian pesawat tetap dari TNI AU.

Sampai saat ini proses pembelian A 400 M sampai dalam penandatangan Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) antar kedua belah pihak.

Rencananya Indonesia akan membeli dua unit terlebih dahulu sebelum tiga unit menyusul kemudian.


“MoU-nya sudah ditandatangani, namun kita masih menunggu Indonesia menandatangani kontrak (pembelian),” kata juru bicara Airbus seperti dilansir dari Kompas Tekno, Senin (21/05/2018) di Jakarta.

Sekedar diketahui MoU ini sifatnya tidak mengikat dan pembelian masih bisa dibatalkan.

Akan tetapi jika kontrak pembelian sudah ditandatangani oleh pihak bersangkutan maka wajib dibeli.

“Jika kontraknya ditandatangani sekarang, kami bisa mengirimkan dalam waktu 2,5 hingga 3 tahun, namun itu dikembalikan lagi bagaimana permintaan pembeli,” tambahnya.

Bukan hanya dari PT.PPI dan TNI AU, Pelita Air juga terlibat dalam proses pembelian ini.

A 400 M ialah pesawat angkut militer bermesin empat turboprop.

Pembuatan A 400 M sendiri melibatkan tujuh negara dalam skema pembiayaannya.

Diluar negara-negara Uni Eropa pengguna A 400 M adalah Malaysia, sebagaimana dikutip dari laman Grid (26/ 05).

 

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Indonesia Coast Guard air element and Australian coast guard doing sharing data and intelligent during Gannet operation

Indonesia-Australia Sharing Data Dalam Operasi GANNET
winarko 8 hours ago Comment

Operasi Gannet


SIAGAINDONESIA.COM Operasi Bersama GANNET antara Indonesia-Australia sebagai salah satu bentuk kerja sama dua negara yang dilaksanakan melalui sharing data dan aksi bersama Bakamla, KKP, dan ABF, di daerah operasi bersama di perbatasan Indonesia-Darwin telah memasuki hari terakhir, Sabtu (26/5/18).

Sehari sebelum kegiatan berakhir (25/5/18), Team air rider Operasi GANNET dari Indonesia yaitu kasubdit Operasi Laut Bakamla Kolonel Laut Imam Hidayat dan Kasi Operasi Pusdal I KKP Adi B Wicaksono melaksanakan kunjungan dan koordinasi dengan Konjen RI di Darwin, diterima oleh Sekretaris Utama fungsi protokoler dan konsuler Vivin dan stafnya Daniel.

Pertemuan antara lain membahas tentang Operasi GANNET yang sedang berlangsung, perkembangan permasalahan maritim terkait kebijakan pemerintah Australia tentang keamanan dilaut, serta penanganan kasus perikanan dan kerjasama yg sedang dilaksanakan. Adapun topik hangat dalam pembicaraan tersebut adalah bahwa data nelayan yang ditangkap cenderung orangnya sama atau berulang ulang , tangkapan tersebut berada di daerah perbatasan grey area, yaitu batas wilayah pada area yang diklaim kedua negara.

Operasi GANNET berlangsung sejak 19 – 26 Mei 2018 ini didukung dengan patroli udara bersama yang melibatkan Bakamla, KKP dan Australian Border Force (ABF) dalam hal ini yaitu Mr. Carl Black More dengan menggunakan pesawat Dash 8 yang memiliki kemampuan radar survailence, foto udara, infra red dan komunikasi.


http://www.siagaindonesia.com/184356/indonesia-australia-sharing-data-dalam-operasi-gannet.html

 

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