Indonesia to launch counter-terrorist excise in Malacca Strait
19/12/2008 16:51
Indonesia will establish a counter- terrorist exercise on Dec. 19-22 in
the Malacca Strait as a part of the army-police joint exercise in overcoming
terrorist threats on land, air and in the sea, the national Antara News Agency
reported today.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and
Security Affairs Widodo AS said that the exercise to be done in the Malacca
Strait was a form of care Indonesia would show as a littoral country on the
security of the world's busiest waterway.
"Security in the Malacca Strait is
very important not only for Singapore and Malaysia but also Indonesia as one of
the littoral countries especially with regard to piracy threats," he
said.
The exercise in the Malacca Strait is expected to involve around 10,000
personnel from the Riau police command, the Bukit Barisan I Military Command,
the West Fleet and the Air Forces Operations Command I (Koopsau), said the
commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), General Djoko
Santoso.
"According to the scenario, a tanker from a certain country is being
pirated in the Malacca Strait. To deal with it, an airplane from the Koopsau I
will first conduct an observation and the result of which will be given to the
Riau regional police command and the Bukit Barisan Military Command as well as
the Western Naval Fleet to be followed up," he said.
After the situation is
clear, Djoko said, a special force will be sent to conduct release and
evacuation operations.
Xinhua
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