Order BIN, Polri And TNI To Raise Vigilance, Jokowi: There Is No More Room For Terrorism

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Capture YouTube Screenshot of Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, and Head of State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Budi Gunawan to increase alertness.

This was conveyed in response to the occurrence of acts of terror at the Police Headquarters, Jakarta on Wednesday, March 31.

"I have ordered the National Police Chief, the TNI Commander, and the Head of BIN to raise awareness. I emphasize that there is no place for terrorism in the country once again," Jokowi said as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Thursday, April 1.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also advised the whole community to remain calm and vigilant. Jokowi advised that all parties must maintain unity and unite against acts of terrorism.

"I ask all people throughout the country to stay calm but also be vigilant and maintain unity, and we all unite against terrorism," he said.

Previously reported, the terror act that took place at the Jakarta Police Headquarters was carried out by a suspected terrorist with the initials ZA. The 25-year-old woman entered the National Police Headquarters at around 16.30 WIB.

At that time, he pretended to ask about the position of the Post office. After that he returned to the guard post. Not long after, ZA fired six shots at the officers before being finally paralyzed.

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said ZA had the ideology of ISIS. This is known from his last post on his Instagram account.

"This person concerned is a suspect or perpetrator of a lone wolf with the ideology of ISIS. He is concerned with the post in question on social media," General Listyo Sigit told reporters, Wednesday, March 31.

From a search for ZA's Instagram account, an ISIS flag post was found. "The person concerned has an Instagram that was just created or posted 21 hours ago, in which there is an ISIS flag and there is an inscription on how the jihad struggle," he continued.