TNI to build 12 more outposts

Fri, 16 Dec 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANDUNG, West Java: The Army is planning to build 12 more
outposts in areas bordering with Malaysia, Timor Leste and Papua
New Guinea. The outpost establishment next year is aimed at
strengthening security on the borders with the three countries in
Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara and Papua provinces, said the
Army's chief of staff, Gen. Djoko Santoso.

Currently, the Army has only 15 outposts, while the demand for
such outposts in border areas has reached 40, said Djoko, adding
that more outposts would be built in the future.

The border issue has been a sensitive one since Indonesia's
perceived loss of Sipadan and Ligitan islands to Malaysia at the
International Court of Justice recently. -- JP

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