Police recruitment drive for Papua

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Tue, 07/24/2007 11:47 AM

JAYAPURA, Papua: The Papua Police is scheduled to recruit 1,500 Papuans in the 2007/2008 budget year, of whom 1,000 will be assigned to Papua province and the other 500 in West Papua province, an officer said Monday.

Deputy chief of Papua Police Brig. Gen. FR Andilolo said that the large-scale recruitment was intended to fill up to 6,700 vacant posts in the two provinces.

The recruitment will be conducted jointly between the Papua and West Papua provinces, which have provided Rp 52 billion (US$5.70 million) for both the recruitment process and the 10-month training course recruits will go through before being assigned to local police stations, Andilolo said.

Their monthly salaries will be paid by the central government, he said.

""About Rp 25 billion of the total fund will be provided by West Papua province, while the other Rp 27 billion will come from Papua province,"" he said.

Andilolo said that 554 Papuans had passed selection in the first round of recruitment and a second round would be conducted next month. -- JP

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