Indonesian Terror Outfits 'Actively Recruiting and Raising Funds' Says Counterterror Chief
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Even as Indonesia is in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, terrorism cells are thriving in the country, the authorities have said. Terrorists are actively recruiting operatives, plotting attacks and spreading radical messages, the counterterrorism officials in the country said.
"They are actively recruiting, spreading their ideology, raising funds and conducting training," said the National Counter Terrorism Agency's (BNPT) director for enforcement, Eddy Hartono.
In an exclusive interview with the Channel News Asia, the brigadier said terror cells in the country "are not sitting back and relaxing." However, he added that terror cells have not been able to dispatch as many militants to join outfits like the Al-Qaeda and the Isis as they used to do before the pandemic.