Army, police to make up

Army, police to make up

JAKARTA: Following a recent brawl involving soldiers and
police officers, the Army has ordered members of the Cimanggis
Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) to limit their
activities in public areas.

"The Army chief (Lt. Gen. Djoko Santoso) and the National
Police chief (Gen. Da'i Bachtiar) have agreed to impose tough
actions against those who violate the law and undermine the good
relations between the police and the military," Jakarta Police
chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani said on Monday after a video
conference with Bachtiar.

Firman said each force was conducting an internal
investigation to find out who started the brawl and those
involved.

An Army soldier was attacked on Friday by an elite group of
Police Mobile Brigade officers in revenge for a previous assault
by a group of soldiers on a police station in Cimanggis.

There have been sporadic clashes between police and the
military since the separation of the two forces in 1999.--JP/(006)