By Xinhua,
Jakarta : The operator of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport has instituted tight security checks on passengers’ laptops at entrance gates to prevent the equipment’s misuse for negative purposes, an airport official said on Saturday.
“We have taken the measure for passengers’ own safety because certain people could use laptops for negative purposes,” Herry Bakti, the airport’s administrator was quoted by the national Antara News Agency as saying.
The tight inspection on laptops was meant as an anticipative measure against the illegal use of documents for certain purposes, including terrorist activities, he said.
The inspection on laptops was done with the help of X-ray devices and by body search, he said, noting that laptops could also be used to hide heroin.
Security checks on passengers’ laptops had now become part of airport security officers’ routine duties to help guarantee flight safety, he said.