Jakarta conducive for SEA Games: Police
The Jakarta Post | Tue, 11/08/2011 4:55 PM
Police claim
that Jakarta is
safe and ready to host the 26th SEA Games.
The police
launched the 2011 Aman Among Raga operation on Nov. 5 to safeguard the capital
prior to, during and after the SEA Games. The operation will end on Nov. 24
“Jakarta is conducive. As
of today, our post on Jl. Pemuda has not received any reports of public
disturbances to the organizing committee or athletes,” Jakarta Police chief of
operations Sr. Comr. Agung Budi Maryoto
said on Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com.
According to
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Baharuddin Djafar, 11,335 joint security
forces from the police and military have been deployed to various SEA Games
venues and hotels.
“We have
conducted security measures; security forces have been deployed to hotels hosting
athletes and 18 venues out of the 20 staging events in Jakarta,” said Baharuddin.
