Tomorrow Vice President Ma'ruf To Merauke, Danrem Ensures RI-PNG Borders Are Safe

JAKARTA - Commander of Korem 174/ATW Brigadier General Agus Widodo ensured that the Indonesian (RI)-Papua New Guinea (PNG) border situation ahead of the working visit (kunker) Vice President Ma'ruf Amin to Merauke was conducive.

Korem 174/ATW is known to have two Kodims located on the RI-PNG border, namely Kodim 1707 Merauke and Kodim 1711 Boven Digul.

"To secure the visit of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, which is scheduled for Thursday (12 October), around 850 joint TNI-Polri personnel and other units have been alerted," Agus said in Merauke, Wednesday, October 11, which was confiscated by Antara.

The vice president is scheduled to arrive in Merauke tomorrow Thursday, October 12. In Merauke, one of the Vice President's activities signed an inscription on the construction of the South Papua Governor's office which will be held in Merauke.

The location of the South Papua Governor's office is located in Salor, Kurik District, about 50 KM from Merauke City.

When asked about the border task force assigned to Korem 174/ATW, Brigadier General Agus said that currently there are two assignment battalions, namely Infantry Battalion 111/KB and Infantry Battalion 726/Tamalatea.

"The two battalions are part of the RI-PNG border security task force which was held in Boven Digul and Merauke Regencies, South Papua," explained Agus.