The personnel will maintain peace mission in the border."Semarang, Central Java (ANTARA News) - The Diponegoro Regional Military Command of Central Java has sent 450 soldiers from 405 Surya Kusuma Infantry Battalion to the North Kalimantan-Malaysia border to guard Indonesian sovereignty.
Indonesian military has sent the soldiers in a military ship from Tanjung Emas Port of Semarang on Monday.
"The personnel will maintain peace mission in the border," the Chief of IV Diponegoro Regional Military Command, Major General Sunindyo, said here when inaugurating the deployment.
Sunindyo noted that the soldiers will guard the border for one-year period that will invite people to cherish the homeland.
Indonesian military has also brought supporting facilities along with the entourage, including sport tools, educational book, and seeds.
The soldiers, says Sunindyo, will anticipate crime actions such as drugs smuggling, illegal logging, human trafficking, and maintain the correct international boundary line.
North Kalimantan a width of 85,618 square kilometers, and at least 524,656 people live in the province.
The area has a direct border with Malaysia, such as Sabah and Serawak States.
(Uu.B019/INE/KR-BSR/B003)
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