Unless Indonesia’s new president completely overhauls the country’s security forces he stands little chance of crushing extremists behind a wave of deadly attacks, a report said on Monday. Instead, poor coordination between an understaffed police and powerful military both pursuing vested interests will hamper efforts to curb terrorist acts as well as sectarian and separatist violence, the International Crisis Group think-tank said. “There’s no thornier issue facing the new government than internal security reform,” Robert Templer, Crisis Group’s Asia programme director, said in a statement accompanying the report. Full Story
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