3,215 officers to secure IPU

3,215 officers to secure IPU

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Nurfaizi said on
Thursday the police would deploy 3,215 officers to secure the
upcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference scheduled to
begin here on Sunday.

"Most of the security personnel will come from the city
police," Nurfaizi said at Jakarta Police Headquarters following a
ceremony marking the final security preparations for the
conference.

"But some 880 of the personnel will come from the Indonesian
Military," he said.

The week-long 104th IPU conference is due to be opened by
President Abdurrahman Wahid on Sunday and is expected to be
attended by 1,400 representatives of 138 parliaments and
legislatures from around the world.

Nurfaizi said the security personnel would be assigned to
various areas in the city, including the People's Consultative
Assembly/House of Representatives (MPR/DPR) complex, the Jakarta
Convention Center (JCC) and the hotels of the delegation members.

Jakarta Police spokesman Supt. Muhammad Nur Haji Usman earlier
said the police had declared an initial-stage (third-stage
alert) condition in the capital beginning on Sunday, a move meant
to anticipate possible disturbances during the conference. (jaw)