The police officers will be drawn from among others, the Jakarta Police Metro Jaya, several police resorts and the National Police Headquarters, the spokesman of the National Police, Senior Commissioner Suharsono said on Thursday.
They will guard 17 hotels located in the Central and South Jakarta municipalities, where delegates will stay during the summit.
The Metro Jaya police will also guard VIPs, mostly foreign ministers. Police officers will also help secure the second-level ring areas for participating leaders of VVIPs, while presidential security officers will guard the first-level ring areas for VVIPs.
Leaders of 54 member countries of the OIC are expected to participate in the extraordinary summit that will discuss issues on Palestine and Al Quds in particularly.
Recently, Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), General Gatot Nurmantyo, had instructed officers to adopt tighter security measures for the Summit, particularly to protect VVIPs.
"This task of the officers is not a routine or a regular one, but is a crucial task as it directly concerns the honor and reputation of Indonesia at the international level. I will personally lead it along with the security apparatuses of the Jakarta Military Command and the Jakarta Police," he stated at the National Monument Square (Monas) on March 1, while leading a roll call of the officers in charge of securing the summit.
The ceremony was attended by 10,150 military and police officers. Chiefs of Staff of the Army, General Mulyono, the Navy, Admiral Ade Supandi, and the Air Force, Marshal Agus Supriatna were also present at the event.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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