Leaders and politicians both at home and abroad have lauded the Indonesian police for their slaying Tuesday of wanted terror suspect Dulmatin.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday praised “the professional operation by Indonesian authorities”.
Praise for the police was also forthcoming back home.
“Two thumbs up for the police’s success,” the Democratic Party’s Ramadhan Pohan, a legislator with the House of Representatives’ Commission I on intelligence and foreign affairs, told The Jakarta Post.
“Terrorism is the enemy of civilization.”
He added Dulmatin’s death was timely, coming in the lead-up to a planned state visit to the country by US President Barack Obama.
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri called the suspect’s death “praiseworthy” and dismissed speculation the raid was staged to divert public attention away from the Bank Century case.
“Terror attacks can happen at any time and anywhere, and can be carried out by anyone,” she said after opening a PDI-P provincial meeting in Medan, North Sumatra.
“We must stay vigilant.”
