Indonesia sends police to conflict area in Sudan's Darfur

October 15, 2009

Indonesian police headquarters will send 140 personnel from Formed Police Unit to take part in establishing law and order in the conflict areas of Darfur in Sudan, the Kompas.com reported here on Thursday.

The police, who joined in FPU 2 Group, would replace Indonesian police group of FPU 1 whose service in Sudan was to end. The FPU 2Group would serve one year in the conflict-ridden area.

"We expect that, like the FPU 1, the FPU 2 Group would be successful in carrying out its task. We also expect that the situation in Darfur would be improving so that the FPU 2 would be our last mission sent to Sudan," Indonesian police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on the sidelines of a ceremony to depart those police.

Bambang added that the FPU 2 Group would set out for Sudan on Friday this week.

According to Bambang, the FPU 1 Group police mission, 127 personnel altogether, in Sudan received excellent appreciation from Sudan government for demonstrating an outstanding performance in carrying out their tasks.

Sudanese ambassador to Indonesia Ibrahim Busyra Muhammad Ali who attended the ceremony said that the sending of Indonesian police to his country would improve relationship between the two countries. He said that the security condition in his country has been gradually improving.

Earlier reports said that 300,000 people have been killed in the ethnic conflict in Darfur since 2003.

Source: People's Daily.
Link: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6784648.html.