Indonesia: 75,000 policemen deployed for local elections
Indonesian police is planning to mobilise 75,000 officers to ensure security for provincial chief and district head elections, which are scheduled to take place in 101 regions across the country on February 15.
Jakarta (VNA) 𓄧–Indonesian police is planning to mobilise 75,000 officers to ensure securityfor provincial chief and district head elections, which are scheduled to takeplace in 101 regions across the country on February 15.
Spokesman of National Police MartinusSitompul said that police officers will be stationed at some voting placesthree days ahead of the election. The police also devised plans to launchadditional security measures in conflict-prone areas like Jakarta, Aceh andPapua. The capital city of Jakarta is on thealert due to recent social and political incidents. Additional forces fromother regions will be sent to those three locations to maintain security andorder during the election. The peak of security tension isforecasted to be five days before the election. President Joko Widodo has requiredrelevant forces to ensure security and prevent any incidents in the importantperiod.-VNA
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