"We are still studying until when we can withstand the impact of the economic crises," BIN chief Lt Gen Marciano Norman said at a meeting with a number of editors-in-chief here on Wednesday night.
Marciano said his agency had analysed the possible impact of the economic crises on Indonesia`s economic growth and had forwarded the analysis results to the government, including several finance- related ministers in a bid to optimize the policy to anticipate the economic crises.
In view of anticipating the economic crises impact, Marciano said he had set up an unprecedented post at the agency deputy-IV level that specially deals with economic intelligence.
In the past, economic intelligence handling was integrated into another unit of the agency or did not stand alone, he said.
In addition, Marciano said the agency was also continuing monitoring radicalism which may endanger the existence of the unitary state of Indonesia.
Marciano denied allegations that the government did not care about what happened in the eastern-most province of Papua.
"We always seek the best solution for Papua," the former Jakarta military chief said.
Apart from that, the BIN chief said that his agency would have a public relations bureau in the near future in a bid to facilitate the mass media people to obtain information from the intelligence agency. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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