Indonesia will tighten security before, during and after Christmas and New Year holidays across the country.(Photo: Reuters) Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia will tighten security before, during and afterChristmas and New Year holidays across the country amid possible terroriststrikes and other security disturbances.
IndonesianMilitary Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said on December 13 that a totalof 117,000 personnel, including over 17,000 from the military, would bedispatched to religious buildings, shopping centers and tourism destinationswhere people would gather to ensure a safe holiday season.
According to Indonesian Chief Security Minister Mahfud MD, the Indonesian governmenthas been taking precautionary measures over possible terrorist threats forChristmas' Eve and New Year's Eve.
"Possibleterrorist threats and torching down of religious buildings must be immediatelyanticipated," the minister said.
TheIndonesian police would increase security activities from December 23 to January1, 2020, involving 100,000 police personnel, the National Police's spokesmanBrigadier General Argo Yuwono said.
Secutirywill also be tightened in many provinces, including the capital of Jakarta, theprovinces of Banten, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Papua and West Papua./.
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