"There are 870 Indonesians whose safety we must protect there. The situation in Libya is more complicated than Egypt. The tension and rate of violence there is higher compared to Egypt. Therefore I have appointed Coordinating Minister of Political, Justice and Human Rights Djoko Suyanto to lead the special team," the president said here on Thursday.
The president expressed hope that the newly-formed team would work fast and effective in ensuring the safety of Indonesians in Libya.
President Yudhoyono also stated his concern over the violence happened in Libya and asked for the United Nations Security Council to actively work to solve the problem there.
The uprising in Libya has left more than 1,000 people dead, 600 in the capital alone, Moamer Kadhafi`s former protocol chief Nouri el-Mismari told AFP Wednesday.
Mismari, who came to France late last year for health reasons, said the insurrection had so far left "more than 1,000 people dead in all of Libya" but did not say what information his estimate was based on.
On Tuesday, Libya`s regime said 300 people had been killed in the protests, but the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) said on Wednesday that at least 640 had died.
"It`s very very serious. Libyans won`t stop", to end his 41-year rule, Mismari said. "This is the end of Moamer Kadhafi."
"Moamer Kadhafi does not even have five percent of the country behind him," he said. Members of his clan were "not fighting for him but for themselves".
Mismari whom Tripoli wants extradited said that "mercenaries" were killing many people.
"They are shooting blindly" while the air force will not shoot at the people, he added.
Kadhafi`s regime has lost vast swathes of Libya`s east to the insurrection, it emerged Wednesday, as the West prepared for a mass exodus from a "bloodbath" in the north African country.(*)
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