Mobile police brigade officers (Brimob) stand guard outside the General Election Commission (KPU) headquarters ahead of the announcement of the presidential election results after the last month election in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police rolled out more barbed wire on Monday to tighten security outside Indonesia's election agency and readied armoured trucks and water cannons to quell any civil unrest when official results of a presidential poll are released this week.With the General Election Commission (KPU) set to declare its count from last month's election by Wednesday, authorities have detained dozens of militant Islamists suspected of planning attacks to create mayhem during demonstrations.
The result is expected to confirm unofficial counts by private pollsters that put incumbent President Joko Widodo about 10 percentage points ahead of challenger Prabowo Subianto.
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