Police take anti-riot training

Police take anti-riot training

JAKARTA (JP): Sixty police officers are taking courses on
defusing explosives and combating terrorism with an eye to next
year's elections.

The 12-day course for the City Police Mobile Regime (Brimob)
was opened by Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo here yesterday, Antara
reported.

Widodo said that the training started "at the right time" and
that it reflected the police's ongoing dedication to security in
the capital.

The People's Consultative Assembly is going to convene here in
1998 to elect a president and a vice president.

The police chief also said he expected the incidence of riots
and violence using explosives to increase in the future. (14)