800 policemen will be recruited for N. Areas
GILGIT, May 11: Eight hundred policemen would be recruited soon to reinforce the force in the Northern Areas, officials said. They said the region had a smaller population compared to other areas of the country, but they needed more policemen to guard sequestered areas.
After the recruitment, no policemen from other districts of the region would be deployed in Gilgit city, he said. If they were drawn before the recruitment, they would be given advance TA/DA and allowed to remain in the city for not more than two months, he added.
Official sources maintained that the local police would be given Rs1,000 pay raise and training as part of restructuring plan.
Added spice to Indonesia's terror
By Bill Guerin
JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing demands to step up security in Indonesia's eastern island chain, the Malukus, or the "Spice Islands" to romantics, amid concerns that a nationwide terror operation may be in place.
Almost the whole of Indonesia's eastern region has been involved in ethnic and religious violence, and sporadic bombings and armed attacks still occur in Central Sulawesi, which lies to the west of the Malukus. Sectarian violence and separatist movements are nothing new to these areas, where, according to an International Crisis Group (ICG) report published last week, earlier conflicts in Ambon and Poso have proven to be superb recruiting mechanisms for jihadi organizations.
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