ABC AUSTRALIA, 20/12/2003 08:25:37
Indonesia boosts security for Christmas period
Indonesia is to deploy more than two-thirds of its quarter of a million-strong police
force over Christmas and New Year to prevent a repeat of the wave of Christmas Eve
bombings that killed 19 people three years ago.
Antara news agency says the national police chief Da'i Bachtiar has pledged to
co-operate with local christian church officials to make Christmas and New Year
celebrations peaceful.
The US embassy last week warned of a "particularly high" risk of bombing attacks on
Americans and westerners in Indonesia over Christmas and the New Year.
The Indonesian police chief however says he has no intelligence to suggest any
terrorist attacks were imminent.
20/12/2003 08:25:37 | ABC Radio Australia News
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