More Brimob troops for Maluku

Fri, 25 Aug 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

AMBON, Maluku: National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on
Thursday that the police would send a fresh batch of Police
Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers with new AK-47s and SS-1 semi-
automatic rifles to help restore peace to the strife-torn
province.

Rusdihardjo said the two battalions would be stationed in the
areas vacated by security personnel who had withdrawn for various
reasons.

Rusdihardjo, who arrived in Pattimura Airport in Ambon at
about 11 a.m. local time, went straight to a State Police School
in Passo, 12 kilometers east of the city, and met with refugees.
Police personnel and their families were also among the refugees
sheltered there.

The general also inspected the 10-hectare Police Mobile
Brigade Headquarters in Tantui and the Ambon Police station in
the area of Perigi Lima, which were badly damaged in massive
attacks on June 21 and June 23. (49/edt)

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