Man in charge: Indonesia’s top man Widodo will lead the crisis centre.
JAKARTA: Indonesia will set up a crisis centre, headed by President Joko Widodo, to handle security situations involving its citizens overseas, a senior minister have announced following recent abductions of Indonesian sailors in Philippine waters.
The centre will include senior ministers and military and police chiefs and will be designed to respond quickly to situations that could have a “strategic impact”, Chief Security Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said in a press conference yesterday.
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