Aceh to have 10 additional police precincts this year<\/p>\n
P.C. Naommy, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The National Police will establish 10 new precincts in the
\nrestive province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) to improve
\nsecurity following the imposition of a state of civil emergency.<\/p>\n
\"Currently, there are only 10 precincts for 20 municipalities
\nand towns in Aceh. That's why we have already made preparations
\nfor 10 new precincts in the province,\" National Police chief Gen.
\nDa'i Bachtiar said in Jakarta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He announced the plan after presiding over a ceremony at the
\nNational Police Headquarters for security preparations for the
\nupcoming presidential election on July 5.<\/p>\n
Da'i said that his office was recruiting personnel and
\ndeveloping infrastructure for the 10 precincts so as to realize
\nfull police capacity in Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"We won't withdraw our forces from Aceh, even though martial
\nlaw has been replaced by a state of civil emergency,\" he added.<\/p>\n
About 40,000 military and police troops were deployed to the
\ntroubled province after it was placed under martial law on May
\n19, 2003, to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The government
\nofficially declared the commencement of the state of civil
\nemergency on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Da'i said the planned 10 new precincts were among 20 to be
\nestablished by the National Police in Indonesia this year.<\/p>\n
He said earlier the National Police still needed to build 120
\nmore police stations across the country, but his office could
\nafford to build only 20 new ones per year.<\/p>\n
\"So it will take about six years for the remainder (100) to
\ncome onstream,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Da'i added that this year the National Police would prioritize
\nthe building of new police stations in border areas and regions
\nhit by conflict.<\/p>\n
More than Rp 20 billion (US$2.2 million) has been allocated to
\nset up police posts at border areas in East Nusa Tenggara, West
\nKalimantan, North Sulawesi and Papua in 2004.<\/p>",
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