Japan gives $4.05m grant for RI police

Japan gives $4.05m grant for RI police

JAKARTA: The government of Japan announced on Thursday a Rp 40.8
billion (US$4.05 million) aid facility to help finance the
Indonesian National Police's capacity-building program.

Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yutaka Iimura and secretary-
general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed the agreement
on the grant facility, which is expected to enhance the
investigative capabilities of the local police force, including
in counterterrorism efforts.

The capacity-building program has been a core part of the
reform drive launched by the National Police. The government of
Japan, based on a request from the government of Indonesia, has
also been supporting the reform efforts by sending an advisor to
the National Police chief and receiving many police officers for
training in Japan. -- JP