Jakarta, May 17 -- The government has set up a task force to prevent acts of thuggery that are disrupting business and investment activities--not to target community organizations, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) head Hasan Nasbi has emphasized.

He said that thuggery by certain individuals and organizations is one of the major issues currently impeding business and investment activities in Indonesia.

"What the government aims to address and eliminate are acts of thuggery, whether committed by individuals or organizations, that is what the government is intending to get rid of," he explained in response to reporters' questions in Jakarta on Saturday.

"As of today, a special task force is currently being formed to address this i...