Indonesian President tightens security for ministers after attack
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo
IndonesianPresidentJoko Widodo said on Friday he had ordered tightersecurityfor state officials a dayaftera suspected Islamist militant stabbed the chiefsecurityminister as he was greeting crowds in a provincial town.
Indonesia, which is the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, is grappling with a resurgence in militancy and hundreds of suspects have been detained under tighter new anti-terrorism laws since the beginning of 2019.
Minister Wiranto, 72, who like manyIndonesians uses just one name, underwent surgery in Jakartaaftersustaining two wounds to the stomach in theattackafterhe opened a university building in Pandeglang town.
He was the first senior politician to beattacked in recent years and thepresidentsaid he should be the last.
"Even when we already havesecuritymeasures in place, they should be tightened so that what happened to Wiranto won't happen again," Widodo told reporters at the hospitalaftervisiting the minister.
"He is getting better, he was able to communicate with me," Widodo said, adding that thesecurityminister had asked to take part in government meetings.
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Police arrested a man and a woman they suspected were a couple and confiscated sharp objects that they were carrying, including knives and scissors.
The head of Indonesia's main intelligence agency, Budi Gunawan, said that the perpetrators were affiliated with the Islamic State-linked militant group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD).
The government scrambled to tighten its anti-terrorism lawsaftera series of suicide bombings linked to the JAD group killed more than 30 people in the city of Surabaya last year.
Theattackcame days before Widodo is due to be sworn in for a second term in office on October 20.
Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister overseeing maritime and natural resources, told reporters on Friday that theattackwould not have an impact on the inauguration.
Wiranto has served as chiefsecurityminister in Widodo’s cabinet since 2016.
A retired general, he is considered a product of the late former strongman Suharto’s “New Order” administration, which gave a big political role to the military and stifled opponents.
His appointment drew criticism from rights groups for his involvement as chief of the armed forces in the bloody upheaval in East Timor.
Wiranto was indicted by a U.N. panel over the bloodshed surrounding East Timor's 1999 independence vote, when about 1,000 people were killed. He denied any wrongdoing in East Timor.