Ahad 01 Dec 2013 11:32 WIB

Thousands of police officers deployed to guard WTO meeting

Red: Julkifli Marbun
Indonesia has nominated Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu for the post of World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general from 2013 to 2017.
Indonesia has nominated Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu for the post of World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general from 2013 to 2017.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR -- Thousands of police officers are deployed to guard the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference, which will be held in Bali from Dec. 3 to 6.

"All personnel of the Bali provincial police are on standby to guard the WTO meeting," the head of the Bali provincial police's operations bureau, Snr. Comr. I Gede Alit Widana, said after a roll call at Nusa Dua, Bali, on Sunday.

But he stopped short of revealing the number of police personnel.

Police from West Java, Central Java and East Java provinces also sent their personnel to help guard the meeting, he said.