May 22 Rally, 529 Joint Personnel Deployed to Secure Kota Tua
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22 May 2019 09:41 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - West Jakarta Resort Police deployed at least 529 joint personnel to help secure the May 22 rally movement.
West Jakarta Police Chief Senior Commissioner Hengky Haryadi said the combined personnel would focus on securing tourist sites in the Kota Tua area.
"Today we have set up hundreds of joint personnel at the Kota Tua Museum square," Hengky said through his written statement, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
Hengky explained that the combined personnel consisted of 125 mass control troops from West Sumatra, 30 personnel from the West Jakarta District Police, 186 personnel from the sector police in West Jakarta and assistance from the TNI (National Armed Forces) members about 20 personnel.
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Hengky requested that every person on duty to be able to work according to the applicable regulatory corridor. Each member, he said, was asked to find out about the May 22 mass movements in each region to keep up with the rally developments.
"Every personnel has also been instructed to maintain their emotions and not to be provoked by provocation," he said.
He added that, all joint personnel would continue to be on standby in the Kota Tua area after the May 22 rally movement is over, until the results of the 2019 national election are officially announced.
IMAM HAMDI