Banda Aceh, Aceh (Antara Bali) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla has ordered the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the National Police to step up security following the Paris terror attacks.
"We ask the Commander and the TNI to be more alert and careful, and keep on protecting strategic objects or places such as airports and crowded areas," Kalla said at the Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Force Base, here, in Aceh, Sunday.
He said stepped-up security measures in vital objects and border areas could minimize entry of strangers wanting to commit terror activities in Indonesia.
"In the border areas, too. If foreigners come, check them carefully. Because terror attacks like those in Paris could happen any where in this world. Therefore, we must increase alertness," he said.
In the meantime, Chief of the Indonesian Police General Badrodin Haiti said that the police are investigating if there is a link between the Paris attacks and terrorist networks in Indonesia.
"We are making coordination (to find out) if there is a link with (terrorist) networks in Indonesia," Haiti added.(WDY)
