VP to visit Soya, Kebun Cengkeh

VP to visit Soya, Kebun Cengkeh

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz is slated to arrive in Ambon on Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. local time for a six-hour visit in the Maluku capital.

Hamzah's entourage will include the new Indonesian Military chief, Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar and several ministers.

Hamzah plans to visit Soya village, where seven Christians were killed late in April, and Kebun Cengkeh, the stronghold of Laskar Jihad Muslim hardliners.

Many consider the visit controversial because the Vice President will also take with him 76 security guards. -- JP