Police paratroops deployed to Poso

Tue, 08 Mar 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALU, Central Sulawesi: About 600 Mobile Police Brigade officers
have been deployed in Poso since Saturday to increase
security in the area, a senior police officer said on Monday.

Central Sulewesi Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Rais Adam
said police would work to maintain peace in the troubled
province, and safeguard the area during the direct regional
elections in June this year.

There are currently some 2,400 regular police officers and
Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers stationed in the area.

Sectarian conflicts broke out in Poso in 2000, killing some
2,000 Muslims and Christians. -- JP

View JSON | Print