Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob) members prepare during the 2024 Operation Mantap Praja Agung troop roll call at Puputan Margarana Field, Denpasar, Bali, on Friday (23 August 2024). The Bali Police have put 7,521 personnel on standby to secure the 2024 Pilkada stages, which will last 115 days from 24 August to 16 December 2024. ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo/nym.
Denpasar, 23 August 2024 – The Bali Regional Police (Polda) has asked the public to maintain security and order ahead of the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum and the High-Level Forum on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (HLF MSP), which will be held simultaneously in Bali on September 1-3, 2024.
"Bali is trusted for it’s safety, both nationally and internationally, so I invite all Balinese people to safeguard Bali, together," said Head of the Bali Police Operations Bureau, Senior Commissioner of Police Soelistijono in Denpasar, Bali, Friday (Aug. 23).
As has been done in several other international events, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) will synergize with various agencies including the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), the Presidential Security Detail (Paspampres), and the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) to secure the two international forums.
Soelistijono said that his party is deploying 4,523 personnel to secure this activity. In detail, the National Police Headquarters deployed 1,459 personnel, the Bali Police 2,464 personnel, the East Java Police 300 personnel, and the West Nusa Tenggara Police 300 personnel.
"As for the Indonesia-Africa Forum, it’s under centralized operations of the National Police Headquarters, and starting Monday, August 26, 2024, a series of security operations will begin," saidSoelistijono.
He added that the security arrangement to be applied will replicate that used in the organization of World Water Forum and the G20 Summit.
"Security arrangements for summits are similar. We will join with the TNI and Paspampres," said Soelistijono.
The National Police will conduct Operation Puri Agung II 2024, from August 31, to September 4, 2024.
The former Director of Water and Air Police of Bali Regional Police stated that 58 heads of state will be invited to the forum for the time being.
Some of the cooperation prioritized in the forum include economic transformation, energy, mining, food security, health, and development. (Rolandus Nampu/Guido Merung/TR/Elvira Inda Sari/WS/PR).
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