20 Thousand Combined Personnel Secures Christmas-New Year In East Java, There Are 87 Pospam Alerted

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SURABAYA - As many as 20 thousand joint TNI-Polri personnel and other related parties were deployed to secure the Christmas and New Year holidays in East Java. They will be alerted at Security Posts (Pospam) spread over 87 points in East Java.

"We have prepared Pospam at 87 points. But later in the district/city, there will also be implementation of internal church security supported by NU and Muhammadiyah," said East Java Police Chief Inspector General Nico Afinta, after the ceremony for the deployment of the Semeru Candles Operation Troops 2021 at the Hero Monument, Surabaya, Thursday. , December 23.

Nico emphasized that the joint apparatus at all Pospam this time will not block vehicles. Officers will only conduct random checks or random sampling.

"To carry out the Ministry of Home Affairs and Minister of Religion's SE No. 31, we urge the public to complete the second vaccine and have antigen and PCR tests," he said.

To support this requirement, Nico ensures that every Pospam will also provide on-site vaccination facilities. So for road users who have not been vaccinated, the vaccine can be injected on the spot.

"We hope that the community, if there is no activity to stay at home. But if we leave the house we will prepare a vaccine," he said.

Meanwhile, Pangdam V Brawijaya, Maj. Gen. Nurchahyanto, said the Lilin Semeru operation was held for 10 days from December 23, 2021 to January 2, 2022, with a focus on securing 54,959 objects throughout Indonesia.

"Both churches, tourist attractions, shopping centers, terminals, ports, train stations and airports," he said.