Indonesia's Widodo Seeks Terror Law Review

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday called for a parliamentary review of the country's anti-terror law after Islamic State-linked militants struck at the heart of Jakarta on Thursday, leaving eight people dead, including four attackers. Addressing a high-level security meeting in the capital, Widodo emphasized the need to amend the 2003 law so that it prohibits citizens from joining terrorist groups operating in conflict-ridden Iraq and Syria, and bans the return of citizens...

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