Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 10/2011

Indonesia: Debate Over a New Intelligence Bill

July 2011

International Crisis Group

Abstract

Indonesia: Debate Over a New Intelligence Bill, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, looks at the debate that the draft law has produced over the role of the intelligence services in a democracy, many of whose citizens are still sceptical that once repressive institutions have actually changed. It also examines the process that led to the bill’s moving to the top of Indonesia’s legislative priorities.