Japan grants RI $4.7 million

Japan grants RI $4.7 million

JAKARTA: The Japanese and Indonesian governments signed on
Friday an agreement on Japan's grant assistance worth US$4.7
million for the enhancement of a civilian-police project here.

The project aims to provide the country with a radio
communications system, on-site criminal identification and simple
drug-identification equipment to assist Japanese police experts
in their activities with the Bekasi Police in West Java.

Signing the diplomatic note on Friday was Japanese Ambassador
Yutaka Iimura and Director General of Asia Pacific Affairs at the
Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Herijanto Soeprapto.

In response to Indonesia's request, the Japanese government
has been supporting a police reform program here by sending its
police experts to Indonesia and receiving Indonesian police
officers in Japan for training. -- JP