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Jakarta Police assign 4,000 personnel to OIC Summit
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Personnel from the Navy’s elite frogmen command (KOPASKA) attend the release ceremony for the security task force assigned to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit. The OIC summit will be held in Jakarta between March 6-7. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)
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he Jakarta Police held a preparation ceremony on Thursday for thousands of police personnel who have been assigned to secure the upcoming Organization of the Islamic Cooperation Summit (OIC).
At least 4,000 police, from units such as Mobile Brigade, Traffic, Vital Object Security and Sabhara rapid response, will guard the OIC, scheduled to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center in Central Jakarta on March 6 to 7, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen Tito Karnavian said.
Indonesian was selected to host of summit after Morocco withdrew claiming that they were not sufficiently prepared.
"The success of the summit must be backed with good security," Tito said during the ceremony at Jakarta Police headquarters on Thursday as reported by kompas.com.
Police will work in cooperation with the Indonesian Military (TNI) to form the security task force for the OIC Summit, with TNI taking the lead.
TNI have assigned 3,600 personnel for the summit.
The summit will be attended by guests from 49 countries, with 25 heads of state and or government and 49 ministers expected to attend.
TNI personnel will handle the security of the heads of state and or government while police personnel is expected to handle security for the ministers in attendance. (rin)
