Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the government is proposing to submit in June to the House of Representatives an antiterrorism bill, which allows foreign countries to prosecute terrorists in Indonesia and threatens stiff sanctions against them.
"Terrorism is classified as a transnational crime as it can involve a network spread over several countries simultaneously; that is why foreign countries where our nationals are alleged to have been involved in terrorist acts are allowed to prosecute them here," he said. But, he added, the bill did not allow foreign lawyers to practice routinely in Indonesia.
Yusril said the bill, carried a five-year jail sentence as a minimum and the death penalty at the other extreme, depending on the scale of the offense.