Terrorists' Assets and the Public Interest
What measure should we apply before freezing the assets off terrorists?
November 6, 2001
Official language is sometimes confusing and at once amusing. Just listen to what State Minister for Communications & Information, Syamsul Muarif said. After a political and security meeting in Jakarta last Tuesday, he said that `the international world' has provided a kind of list that is being scrutinized by the State Intelligence Agency. What he meant was a list of assets or accounts of Indonesian nationals who are suspected of being involved i...