"Police officers will check every spectator`s belongings," operations chief Senior Commissioner Agung Budi Maryoto said here on Monday.
He said he would station 15 police personnel in addition to five personnel from the committee at every entrance gate.He said the police would also send personnel to secure the teams and also to control traffic.
He said however that the Jakarta police would not provide security personnel to guard LA Galaxy players including David Beckham because they have carried their own security guards.
"The organizing committee may ask for a special security (for them) but so far no request has made to us," he said.
Agung said he hoped the committee would be transparent in selling tickets to prevent possible chaos in the stadium.
He said the organizing committee must inform the police about the number of tickets to be sold and the time of ticket sales in each counter so that the police could monitor to assure security.
The committee predicts the number of spectators may reach 40,000 but the police have urged the committee to also provide some large screen tvs outside the stadium in case more people would come to see the match and the stadium could not accomodate them all.
The police and the committee had coordinated to prevent distribution of fake tickets.
The Indonesian national joint team of under-23 years old and senior players would meet LA Galaxy led by David Beckham in a friendly match at the Bung Karno Stadium on Wednesday.
Two people were killed in a stampede before the final match of the recent 26th SEA Games football event between the national U-23 team and the Malaysian team recently. Indonesia lost 3-2 in a dramatic shootout after the match ended in a 1-1 draw despite extra time.(*)
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