inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian revealed the main tasks and functions of the newly formed Integrated Task Force for Handling Thugs and Disturbing Community Mass Organizations.

Tito said that this task force is under the coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, with various ministries and institutions as its members, including the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Tito continued that the task force will enforce existing regulations related to the existence and activities of mass organizations in Indonesia.

Tito detailed that mass organizations are divided into two categories, namely mass organizations with legal entities and mass organizations without legal entities but registered in the government data center.

"If the mass organization has legal entities, then action against violations is carried out by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, because they are the ones who issue the permits," said Tito.

Meanwhile, for mass organizations that are not legal entities but are registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, administrative sanctions are under the authority of his party.

Tito emphasized that if the violations committed by mass organizations fall into the criminal realm, then action is in the hands of law enforcement officers, especially the police.

Tito said that one of the administrative sanctions that the Ministry of Home Affairs can give to registered mass organizations is the revocation of their registered status. As a result, the mass organization will lose the right to receive facilities or grant funds from the government.

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