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Police, TNI closely monitor elections in West Kalimantan
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A house is turned into a polling station for the Singkawang mayoral election and decorated with Chinese New Year ornaments in Singkawang city, West Kalimantan. (JP/Severianus Endi)
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wo high-ranking West Kalimantan officers—West Kalimantan Barat Police chief Insp. Gen. Musyafak and Military Commander XII/Tanjungpura Maj. Gen. Andika Perkasa—have closely monitored the voting process in Singkawang city and Landak regency to make sure the elections in those regions went smoothly.
They visited Singkawang in the morning before flying to Ngabang, the capital of Landak regency.
Musyafak said the voting process in those regions went peacefully. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were no incidents reported.
"We will safeguard the areas until the vote recapitulation is completed. For the winners, don’t get carried away or mock the losers,” Musyafak said.
As many as 1,734 police and Indonesia Military (TNI) personnel had been deployed to safeguard Wednesday’s election process in Singkawang and Landak.
Musyafak said earlier that the personnel deployed at polling stations should also help monitor the voting process.
“If something happens in regards to the voting process, we’ll be able to provide data for a comparison,” said Musyafak, who oversaw the security in both participating regions ahead of the voting day.
Separately, West Kalimantan Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu West Kalimantan) head Ruhermansyah said the tight security in Singkawang was necessary to prevent any potential conflict as Singkawang was a multiethnic city consisting of residents from various ethnic and religious groups. (trw)
