Security forces deployed in capital to assure public<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The heavy presence of security forces at many
\nshopping centers, office buildings and on the streets yesterday
\nwas a deliberate attempt to assure people that the capital is
\nsafe, officials said.<\/p>\n
\"What you see today on the streets is part of Sispamkota,\"
\nJakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman told reporters
\nin the evening, referring to a joint security system for the
\ncapital.<\/p>\n
\"Actually it's normal. We are officers who have to be ready
\nanywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n
\"The system was launched together with the Jakarta Military
\nCommand and other related institutions. Our priority is to secure
\nJakarta,\" Noegroho added.<\/p>\n
Since early yesterday morning, several main streets, parks,
\nbanks, offices and malls in the city have been guarded heavily by
\nmilitary squads and police officers.<\/p>\n
Fully armed and attired in their respective uniforms, the
\nforces and their trucks, cars and motorcycles have been deployed
\nat several intersections and buildings.<\/p>\n
Among the locations guarded tightly yesterday were the popular
\nBlok M shopping area, several upmarket residential complexes in
\nKebayoran Baru, the Semanggi cloverleaf, all in South Jakarta;
\nHotel Indonesia traffic circle, National Monument park and its
\nsurroundings in Central Jakarta; buildings and shopping centers
\non Jl. Gajah Mada, Jl. Hayam Wuruk, Jl. S. Parman in West
\nJakarta; and shopping areas in Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to Jakarta Military Command spokesman Lt. Col. D.J.
\nNachrowi, the joint patrol involved 200 personnel from his
\ncommand, Jakarta Police, the Army's Strategic Reserves Command
\n(Kostrad), the marines and the Army's special force (Kopassus).<\/p>\n
\"The troops will be deployed as long as the people need their
\npresence,\" Nachrowi told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He said the personnel would be moved from one place to
\nanother, depending upon people's needs.<\/p>\n
Asked why the troops were heavily armed, Nachrowi said: \"If
\nthey were not armed and not in uniform, people would not believe
\nthat Jakarta is safe.\"<\/p>\n
He urged the public not to be adverse to the security forces'
\npresence.<\/p>\n
\"Come on. We just want to show that there's no riot and all
\nthe streets are safe,\" Nachrowi said.<\/p>\n
He insisted that the presence of the joint forces had nothing
\nto do with a ceremony held by Trisakti University to mark the
\n40th day of the May 12 shooting incident in which four student
\ndied.<\/p>\n
According to Jakarta Military Police Commander Col. Hendardji,
\nthe troops deployed were part of routine security.<\/p>\n
\"It is common for us to prepare the officers by doing some
\ntraining in a bid to be ready to face any challenge. The same
\nthing goes today,\" Hendardji told the Post.<\/p>\n
Like all security forces officers, they were assigned to
\nprotect and guard society.<\/p>\n
\"Thus, it's normal if we give extra attention to security
\nmatters. Please do not make such a big fuss out of it.<\/p>\n
\"After all, we want things to be better for everyone, and
\naren't they?\" he added. (edt\/ivy)<\/p>",
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