The Jakarta Post, 1/1/2003 2:11:22 PM
Govt. to send more troops to Poso
JAKARTA (JP): The government will deploy another battalion of soldiers to Central
Sulawesi in order to help maintain peace in conflict-ravaged province.
Central Sulawesi military Chief Col. Suwahyuhadji, said on Wednesday the
government decided to send additional soldiers to speed up recovery process of
peace and security in Poso.
Deadly communal violence occured in the area three years ago.
The battalion (of about 800 soldiers), Suswahyudi said, would began its duties in
Poso early in 2003. He did not elaborate.
The number of sectarian clashes in Poso have declined in recent months following the
signing of a government-sponsored peace more than a year ago by leaders of
Muslim-Christian factions.
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