"If they are in the list of those rejected to leave the country we can revoke their passports so that they may not leave the country," the director general of immigration Ronny F. Sompie said at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights building here on Tuesday.
Before their passports are revoked, he said, confirmation would be made to see that 297 people put in the wanted list in connection with their alleged involvement in terrorism have already returned home and based on that coordination would be done with investigators who would ask for rejecting their departure abroad.
Regarding possible terrorist entry, he said he would rely on the information system management with regard to data of those who are wanted and those rejected to leave the country.
"The surveillance section has the data base. All data connecting to those in the wanted list and those rejected to leave have been put in the system and so when they apply for passports their requests will be rejected," he said.
He said his office had also taken anticipatory measures by stationing officers at the borders and tightening immigration checks as well as cooperating with intelligence agencies and other offices concerned.
Minister of justice and human rights Yasonna H Laoly said his office had also cooperated with other institutions and taken preventive measures against possible entry of terrorists into the country.
"We cooperate with BIN (National Intelligence Agency), BNPT (Counter-Terrorism Agency) and Densus 88 (police anti-terror squad). We will reject them if their data is problematic. So the immigration office will protect the countrys sovereignty," he said.
Regarding revision of Law Number 15 of 2003 on terrorism eradication he said the draft is still being prepared and it is now still being synchronized and finalized.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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