Open your trunk, please: Security

Open your trunk, please: Security

JAKARTA (JP): There was tight security for anyone entering the
People's Consultative Assembly compound during the opening day of
the Annual Session on Monday.

Everyone's identity was carefully checked and non-Assembly
members required a special pass to get in.

Cars were thoroughly screened, each having to open their
trunks, resulting in a line of cars waiting to enter.

Side entrances, such as the one near the Baiturrahman Mosque,
were closed with barbed wire placed in front. Security personnel
made sure everyone entered through the two main entrances of the
complex.

It is unclear if the tight security will continue up to the
end of the proceedings on Aug. 18, or whether it will be relaxed
during days when the President and Vice President are not in
attendance. (mds)