21,000 personnel for G-15 summit

21,000 personnel for G-15 summit

JAKARTA (JP): Some 21,000 officers from the National Police
and the Indonesian Military (TNI) will be deployed across Greater
Jakarta, to provide security for the Group of 15 (G-15) summit
and the House of Representatives' plenary session on May 30.

"The bulk of the security forces will provide security in the
capital beginning May 28. Sharpshooters (police) will be spread
across Greater Jakarta, particularly in crowded, public areas
like department stores and malls. This is to take control in case
any unrest breaks out," City police chief Sofjan Jacob.

Sofjan added that sharpshooters would also be placed around
the People's Legislative Assembly/House of Representatives
(MPR/DPR) building in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

As reported earlier, the House is scheduled to invite G-15
leaders, due here at the end of the month for the summit, to the
House plenary session which will decide whether to proceed with
an impeachment process against President Abdurrahman Wahid.

The G-15 summit, which groups Algeria, Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya,
Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela
and Zimbabwe, is scheduled to convene on May 30 and May 31. (ylt)