UN invited to curb border crossing

UN invited to curb border crossing

ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: Police in the province of East Nusa Tenggara have invited the UN Civilian Police (Civpol) in East Timor to cooperate in curbing illegal border crossings, which have lately been on the rise following unrest in the newly independent state.

"I communicated the call for cooperation to the Civpol representative, who visited the Belu district Police Headquarters last Monday," district police chief, Adj. High Comr. Agus Nugroho told Antara here on Wednesday.

He added that the call for cooperation would also be submitted to the meeting of the Tactical Coordination Working Group (TCWG) in Maliana, Bobonaro, East Timor, slated to be held later in the day.

The TCWG meeting is a routine one for coordination between the task force of the Indonesian Military (TNI) for the security of the East Nusa Tenggara-East Timor border and the UN peacekeeping force, which involves the Indonesian Police, UN Civpol, and other related agencies.

"The meeting is an opportunity to discuss steps in anticipation of the second exodus of the East Timorese due to an internal conflict," Agus said. --Antara