Officers to take posts in Aceh

Officers to take posts in Aceh

JAKARTA: Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno said on
Wednesday that several middle-rank military officers would be
sent to Aceh next week to take district head posts.

Hari said the officials had undergone courses on state
administration and would hold the posts in former strongholds of
the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) that are now controlled
by the Indonesian Military (TNI).

The minister said Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh had asked the
martial law administration to assign military officers as
district heads in the conflict-torn province.

He added that there were about 13 districts in some regencies
where local administrations could not resume activities due to
the security condition. -- Antara