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