"We have stationed as many as four battalions of troops at the border with Papua New Guinea because of it is very long, 800 kilometers."Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - The National Defense Forces (TNI) has deployed four battalions to guard areas along the Indonesia-PNG ( Papua New Guinea) border in Papua province, the chief of the Cendrawasih Military Command XVII, Major General Erfi Triassunu, said here Tuesday.
He said, the four battalions were put on duty to ensure security along the 800-km-long RI-PNG land border.
"We have stationed as many as four battalions of troops at the border with Papua New Guinea because of it is very long, 800 kilometers," Erfi said.
He said, the army always guard the border area which is the working area with full of military professionalism, even though most of the soldiers there still lacked many facilities.
"There are soldiers who are still living in houses with thatched roofs and other leaves, but it is not a reason not to be professional when on duty," he said.
(T.KR-LWA/HAJM/B003)
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