A high-ranking police officer has called Indonesia the capital of terrorism in Southeast Asia, pointing to the Indonesian Islamic Group (NII) as one of the regions first groups to spread radical propaganda and to terrorist organization Jamaah Islamiyah (JI).
These groups had thousands of followers in Indonesia, and many had been arrested, said Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Tito Karnavian.
"I said to my friend in Singapore: Your [terrorist group] is only a small branch. [Terrorist groups in] Malaysia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka are also small branches of JI," he added on Thursday as quoted by tempo.co.
According to Tito, Muslim countries should lead the cooperation against radicalism to be able to overcome these groups. The public should also assist the government in identifying newly formed networks. An IT system to report radical group activity would be a good mechanism, he said. - See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/27/indonesia-capital-terrorism-southeast-asia-police.html#sthash.uyx8UFTj.dpuf