JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday he had ordered tighter security for state officials a day after a suspected Islamist militant stabbed the chief security minister as he was greeting crowds in a provincial town. "He is getting better, he was able to communicate with me," Widodo said, adding that the security minister had asked to take part in government meetings. Police spokesman Brigadier General Dedi Prasetyo briefs journalists in Jakarta on October 11, 2019 about the attack on Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto. - Indonesian leader Joko Widodo ordered beefed-up security measures on October 11 after two militants from an IS-linked terror group stabbed his chief security minister, with the politician in hospital recovering from emergency surgery. Wiranto has served as chief security minister in Widodo’s cabinet since 2016.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 01:30 UTC