Army proposes security options in readiness for Indonesia capital move


The Indonesian government has announced that the country’s capital will be moved from Jakarta to Kalimantan because the land on which the crowded metropolis of 10 million people sits is sinking. – EPA pic, January 19, 2020.

THE Malaysian army has presented several options to the government to heighten security in preparation for the relocation of the Indonesian capital from the island of Jawa to Kalimantan by 2024.

Army chief General Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi said the army saw the relocation of the neighbouring country’s capital as something positive, especially in terms of economic growth for the neighbours.


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