Taufik Kiemas grants cars to police

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri's husband, Taufik Kiemas, has donated 20 patrol cars to the City Police, a City Police spokesman said on Saturday morning.

Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said that the patrol cars were handed over during a symbolic ceremony at the presidential residence on Jl. Teuku Umar, Central Jakarta.

"The police will use the cars to improve its existing patrol units," Anton told reporters.

According to Anton, Taufik will also add two new BMW cars dedicated to safeguarding the president. --JP