By Abu Hanifah
JAKARTA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia planned grant the military the power to act on increasing threats from terrorism activities in the country through revision of anti-terrorism law now being discussed in the parliament.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged the parliament to immediately process the law revision so as to give more power for the police and military in anticipating and preventing terror attacks in the future.
The president's instruction was made after the deadly terror attacks at an bus terminal in Jakarta that killed three policemen, injured several others last week.
The process to review the nation's anti-terrorism law was initiated after a deadly terror attack in a police station and an American cafe in Central Jakarta that killed four attackers, four civilians and injured over 20 people early last year.
Military's involvement in anti-terrorism operations is considered necessary as terrorism activities in the country have intensified, which may threat the nation as a state, according to Deputy Chairman of Indonesian Parliament's Task Force to revise the law Supiadin Aries Saputra on Monday.
Rights groups previously rejected the anti-terrorism law revision, saying that military involvement in the operation may lead to human rights violations.
After the attack in January last year, Indonesian police foiled more attack attempts, arrested militants involved in several terror groups in connection with terrorist group of Islamic State (IS).
