PANGKALPINANG -- To prevent criminal acts of terrorism and radicalism in the company environment, PT Timah Tbk collaborated with the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-Terror Police of the Bangka Belitung Islands Regional Task Force to hold a National Dialogue on Radical Threats and Terrorism in National and State Life which was carried out in a hybrid manner from Graha Timah Pangkalpinang Monday (2/10/2023).
The national dialogue with the theme 'The Radical Threat of Terrorism in National and State Life, the Background and Anticipatory Efforts of Densus 88 Anti-Terror Police, Bangka Belitung Islands Regional Task Force' was attended by hundreds of employees of PT Timah Tbk.
This activity was also attended by the Main Director of PT Timah Tbk Ahmad Dani Virsal, Kasatgaswil Densus 88 AT Polri Bangka Belitung Islands Province, AKBP Maslikan, Director of Intelligence and Security at the Babel Kep Regional Police, Police Commissioner Eko Budi Susilo, Head of Kesbangpol Kep Babel Province, Umi Kalsum and representatives from Acting Governor of Bangka Belitung Rofiko Mukmin.
This National Dialogue presented resource persons as the Executive Director of the Indonesian Moderate Network Islah Bahrawi and the Secretary of the MUI Countering Extremism and Terrorism Agency M. Najih Arromadloni
President Director of PT Timah Tbk Ahmad Dani Virsal said that his party appreciated the National Dialogue initiated by Densus 88 Anti-Terror POLRI. This is important as part of fostering awareness of national defense, considering that fostering awareness of national defense is the responsibility of all components of the nation.
He said that currently, the challenges facing the Indonesian people are increasingly difficult and diverse. Historically, threats to the Republic of Indonesia are not just armed physical war. In the future, Proxy wars will increasingly become a threat, where war occurs through various aspects of national and state life. Both through politics, economics, society, and culture including other fields.
"This National Dialogue is to remind us all that we are being attacked from various sides so that we can face challenges and threats. We need to anticipate divisions in our nation," he said.
In the context of the Proxy War, it is not only terrorism and intolerance that we must be aware of as threats to our country, the Republic of Indonesia, in the Bangka Belitung tin mining sector there are also threats in the management of natural resources.
"Hopefully we will continue to maintain our enthusiasm to maintain our unity. We must protect the potential that exists in Babel. Many people want to exploit our natural resources because they want us not to be united. Employees of PT Timah Tbk are divided, APH and the Government are slandered so that we are helpless and these schismatics rob Babylon's natural resources," he said.
For this reason, he said, everyone must collaborate because today the threats are not only physical but also other threats. So everyone must be aware of the various potentials of various parties to divide the nation.
"The dividers continue to try to divide us so that they can utilize the natural resources in Babylon for their welfare, not for the welfare of the nation, their obligations to the state are not fulfilled but they claim to be like heroes buying expensive tin ore as if it were for the people," said Dani.
As part of a BUMN which has a responsibility in the form of love and reflection to defend the country, PT Timah Tbk said he must be able to strive to produce as much as possible, where part of the results of this hard work will be returned to the state and society through taxes, royalties, and aid. social assistance from various aspects.
"We must be careful not to be divided because these dividers want us to be powerless in managing natural resources. This is our awareness to unite to defend the natural resources of tin ore for the sovereignty and welfare of the Babylonian people and for the nation. Hopefully, this spirit will remain "We will collaborate to defend these natural resources for the benefit of the nation," he said.
Meanwhile, Kasatgaswil Densus 88 Anti-Terror Police for Kep Province. Bangka Belitung AKBP Maslikan appreciated PT Timah Tbk for collaborating with them to hold a National Dialogue whose theme was very relevant to current conditions.
"This activity is related to efforts to ward off radical terrorism because of its potential threat before the political year to be strengthened. Because we want safety and peace in Bangka Belitung because whatever this movement is closed," he said.
Even though the word in Bangka Belitung is still relatively safe so far, we still have to take anticipatory steps to strengthen this.
"To this day, we say that this potential threat is still very strong. It can be seen from the naked eye that today there are still many people who do not love the nation. From an anti-terror perspective, when ISIS was in Syria, our citizens flocked to change citizenship there," he said.
He assessed that the enthusiasm of Timah employees in participating in this dialogue was quite good because many asked various questions.
"Extraordinary enthusiasm, there were many different questions and this was extraordinary. We hope this will continue in the future," he said.
Meanwhile, the Speaker, Executive Director of the Indonesian Moderate Network, Islah Bahrawi, said that to prevent radicalism, knowledge is needed to be combined with the values ??of tolerance. (*)
