TNI Strengthens Border Areas to Avoid ISIS Spread from Marawi
8 June 2017 16:54 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Ternate - TNI plans to add its personnel in North Maluku and Sulawesi, to combat against the possibility of ISIS militias coming from Marawi, South Philippines.
“I will add one Army infantry company and several warships. I will secure every coastal area in North Maluku,” National Armed Forces (TNI) Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said on Thursday, June 8.
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The Indonesian Air Force will also deploy its personnel to operate above border areas.
General Gatot called on the Indonesian public to be aware of strangers amongst them. “Immediately report to the Police or Military if you detect the presence of unknown people and [if they're] probably arriving from Marawi,” he said.
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Wiranto, guaranteed that he would increase the surveillance in Indonesia’s border areas.
Wiranto plans to conduct a meeting with officials from border regions in order to stop the spread of the threat from Marawi to other regions in Indonesia.
YOHANES PASKALIS