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400 Semarang Brimob officers sent to Jakarta to reinforce election security
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Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Condro Kirono (left) greets members of Central Java Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) after a ceremony at the Brimob compound in Boyolali, Central Java, on Sept. 13, 2016. (Antara/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho)
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our hundred Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members from Central Java have left the province’s capital of Semarang for Jakarta to help secure the capital’s gubernatorial election on Feb. 15.
“During their posting in Jakarta, the 400 officers will be under the control of the Jakarta Police,” Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Condro Kirono said in Semarang on Wednesday.
(Read also: Police on alert for fake money ahead of elections)
He said the deployment was at the request of the National Police, which had asked that Brimob officers from other provinces be sent to Jakarta.
Police personnel will also secure the city should the reportedly planned rallies on Feb. 11, 12, and 15 materialize, he added.
“The planned rallies could be political and hence prone [to conflict],” Condro said.
(Read also: No election-related rallies allowed in cooling-off period)
He urged Jakartans not to join the rallies.
Seven regencies and cities in Central Java will also hold elections on Feb. 15. Among the seven, two regencies, namely Brebes and Pati, are also considered prone to violations and conflict. (bbs)
