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DATE=2/23/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=INDONESIA / SECURITY (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-259474
BYLINE=PATRICIA NUNAN
DATELINE=HONG KONG
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid warned 
Wednesday that the capital, Jakarta, was under high 
alert after authorities received word of plans for 
large-scale anti-government demonstrations. But as 
Patricia Nunan reports from Jakarta, police in the 
capital say the situation is under control. 
Text: Speaking at a meeting of local and foreign 
businessmen, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid 
said that authorities in the capital are closely 
monitoring the situation.
            //Wahid Act in Indonesian: estab., fade 
under//
President Wahid said, "Today Jakarta is under full 
alert by police because there are plans for large 
demonstrations.
The president added authorities did not want to over-
dramatize the situation. Mr. Wahid said that the 
government was in position to both control security 
and guarantee freedom of speech for any demonstrators. 
Mr. Wahid did not specify what group was planning the 
demonstration, where it might take place or what it 
would be about.  There was no sign of increased police 
or military on the streets of the capital. 
Police and military officials have offered conflicting 
points of view about Jakarta's security situation. 
Without saying which group might be organizing a 
protest, the head of Indonesia's national 
intelligence, Lieutenant General Arie Kumaat, said 
there were plans for a large demonstration, but 
authorities would not allow it to get out of hand. 
That statement was backed by the spokesman for the 
national police.
But the spokesman for the military in Jakarta, Lt. 
General D-J Nachowi, denied the city was under alert.
            // NACHOWI ACT in Indonesian: estab., fade 
down//  
The general said the Jakarta military is always alert, 
but today because the situation is quite calm, we are 
not under any special alert.
President Wahid has come under fire recently for a 
series of controversial and contradictory statements.
During a two-week trip to Europe, the president 
alleged that elements within the Indonesian Armed 
Forces military were planning to overthrow his 
government. He also said that top generals knew of an 
assassination plot hatched in the mid-1990's to kill 
him and the current vice president, Megawati 
Sukarnoputri.
Military officials have vehemently denied both 
allegations. 
Critics say the president's comments will only scare 
away foreign investors and send jitters through the 
country's stock and currency markets. (signed)
NEB/PN/GC/FC 
23-Feb-2000 04:39 AM EDT (23-Feb-2000 0939 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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