Jakarta, Sept. 8 -- The National Police deployed 192,168 personnel to secure the 2020 simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) scheduled in September.

"A force of 192,168 personnel are involved in securing the stages of Pilkada in each region. It is entirely up to the Regional Office head to determine the number of personnel involved in accordance with the vulnerability in each region," Head of the Public Information Bureau of the National Police's Public Relations Division, Brigadier General (Pol) Awi Setiyono, stated at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit Office in Jakarta on Tuesday.

This is in reference to the Chief of Police's Telegram Letter on the plan to start Operation "Mantap Praja" 2020.

Setiyono elaborated on t...