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TNI still keeping on guard against communists in Jakarta

Detik.com - March 21, 2006

Ahmad Dani, Jakarta – Although they have not found any presence of a communist threat, the TNI (Indonesian military) is still keeping on guard against the latent danger of communism in Jakarta.

"The TNI is still continuing to monitor the communist movement. We are constantly keeping on guard", said the director of the TNI's information centre, Rear Admiral Muhammad Sunarto Sjoekronoputra.

Sjoekronoputra raised the issue after an event presiding over the handing over of duties by the TNI's former information centre director, Major General Kohirin Suganda S at the TNI's headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, on Tuesday March 21.

Is there a concrete threat? "Indeed the essence is that communists need to be watched", said Sjoekronoputra. He admitted however that they had not yet found any information on the activities of the communists. "For the moment there is isn’t any [information]. We are still observing", he said in an outburst of emotion. (aan)

[Translated by James Balowski.]

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