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Indonesian military, police set to secure Obama’s visit

Ni Komang Erviani (The Jakarta Post)
Denpasar, Bali
Fri, June 23, 2017

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Indonesian military, police set to secure Obama’s visit Some Indonesian Army soldiers gather for a chat after the final rehearsal for security preparations ahead of the arrival of former US president Barack Obama on Bali on Friday. Obama and his family will have five days of vacation on the resort island before heading to Yogyakarta on June 28. (JP/Ni Komang Erviani)

Former US president Barack Obama will soon be on the resort island of Bali for a five-day vacation with his family.

The local authorities have said they are ready to secure his visit, although even hours before his arrival on the island, Obama’s representatives have yet to inform them about the tourism sites the former US first family is planning to go.

"We do not know the schedule yet. It is still tentative. We don't know where he will go," Wirasatya 163 Military commander, Colonel Arh. I Gede Widiyana said on Friday.  

Obama is scheduled to arrive on Bali at Ngurah Rai airport this afternoon. He will be staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Ubud, about 37 kilometers from Denpasar.  

The Bali Police and all the three forces within the Indonesian Military (TNI) — the Air Force, the Navy and the Army — will take part in securing his visit.

Widiyana said he would decide the number of security personnel he would deploy on the ground once Obama provides information about the areas he would like to visit.  

He made assurances that Obama’s visit would not disrupt other tourists as the security would not be as heavy as when he was serving as US president. (ary)

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