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Jakarta Police to deploy 150 special force officers for AAC
The Jakarta Police have said they will deploy nearly 150 special force officers to guard delegates of the Asian-African Conference (AAC) and Asian-African Summit to be held in Jakarta and Bandung on April 19-24
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he Jakarta Police have said they will deploy nearly 150 special force officers to guard delegates of the Asian-African Conference (AAC) and Asian-African Summit to be held in Jakarta and Bandung on April 19-24.
"The assigned officers will be prepared to provide security to the ministers of the participating countries," Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul said in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by Antara news agency.
He said that the assigned officers must chalk out a departure route for the delegates from the hotel to the summit's venue and always be on guard to evacuate the delegates during any untoward situation.
Jakarta Police director for vital object security Sr. Comr. Mulyadi Kahairani revealed that the security officers would guard the ministers of participating countries, while presidents or heads of states would be protected by the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres).
As many as seven members of the Jakarta Police had already received security officer certification from the US and Australian embassies, Mulyadi noted.
The Asia-Africa Summit 2015 will mark the 60th commemoration of the AAC and the 10th anniversary of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership.
Some 109 Asian and African countries along with 17 observer countries and 25 international organizations have been invited to attend. (hhr)
