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Tangerang, (ANTARA News)- The operator of Soekarno-Hatta international airport has instituted tight security checks on passengers` laptops at the airport`s entrance gates to prevent the the equipment`s misuse for negative purposes, an airport official said.

"We have taken the measure for the passengers` own safety because certain people could use laptops for negative purposes," Herry Bakti, the airport`s administrator, told Antara here on Saturday.

The tight inspection on laptops was meant as an anticipative measure against the illegal use of documents for certain purposes, including terrorist activity, he said.

The inspections on laptops were done with the help of X-ray devices and by body searches, 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.

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