Military sets up 50 border posts

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: The Tanjungpura Military Command has built 30 more outposts along the Indonesian and Malaysian border, bringing the total number of posts to 50.

The posts were constructed to help prevent illegal logging, smuggling and other transnational crimes along the 1,800- kilometer border between Malaysia and Indonesia, Tanjungpura Military Command chief Maj. Gen. Erwin Sudjono said.

The 30 posts that were recently finished include 17 posts in West Kalimantan and 13 in East Kalimantan.

The two-star general said the military command had posted some 1,000 personnel at the 50 posts. -- Antara