NTT Police Chief Inspector General Setyo: Situation At The RI-Timor Leste Border Is Conducive
East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police Chief Inspector General Pol Setyo Budiyanto during an interview in Kupang. ANTARA/Kornelis Kaha

KUPANG - East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police Chief Inspector General Setyo Budiyanto said that security conditions at the RI-Timor Leste border were conducive after the inauguration of Timor Leste's Elected President Ramos Horta on Thursday, 19 May.

"So far, the security conditions in the border areas are safe and conducive," he told reporters in Kupang, quoted by Antara, Friday, May 20.

He said that ahead of the inauguration of the President of Timor Leste and the Commemoration of Timor Leste's Independence Day routine patrols were increased, and even increased patrols at the border were intensified to prevent the entry and exit of illegal border crossers from both Indonesia and Timor Leste.

He said there were two major events in Timor Leste, namely the Inauguration of the President of Timor Leste on Thursday, May 19 and the Commemoration of Timor Leste's Independence Day which fell on Friday (20/5). According to him, routine patrols are carried out not only to anticipate illegal border crossers but also to prevent the entry of irresponsible people who can interfere with security and order in the NTT area.

The NTT Police Chief said that to anticipate unwanted things, the police chief who served in the border areas cooperated with the TNI to protect the area from various unwanted things.

"We hope that the good security conditions in Timor Leste and Indonesia, especially in NTT, remain conducive so that relations between the two countries will continue to be established," he added.


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