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Jakarta Police to Deploy 3,000 Officers to Secure AFF Final
Farouk Arnaz | December 27, 2010

Indonesia goalkeeper Markus Harison signals the referee after a laser beam from the stands is directed at him during Sunday Indonesia goalkeeper Markus Harison signals the referee after a laser beam from the stands is directed at him during Sunday's match in Kuala Lumpur. The Jakarta Police have warned Indonesian supporters against bringing laser beams and firecrackers to the second leg of the final round at Bung Karno Stadium on Wednesday. (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)
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Jakarta. The Jakarta Police will triple its officials to secure the second leg of the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup final match between Indonesia and Malaysia on Wednesday, due to a possible fan riot.

"We are deploying 3,000 officials, or triple the number of officials we deployed in the previous match," Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Sutarman told reporters shortly after holding a meeting with the National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to discuss AFF Cup security preparations.

"Anarchy is prone to happen during Wednesday's match because we were defeated by Malaysia in the first leg. It must have sparked the supporters' anger,” Sutarman said, adding that police would also be guarding the referees, players, officials, fans and invited guests from both the Indonesian and Malaysian sides.

The police will build a security checkpoint outside the stadium to search supporters' bags and make sure they are not carrying any weapons, firecrackers or laser beams.

"We will banish supporters from the stadium if we find out that they have brought firecrackers or laser beams. We want to show that we are a big country that values sportsmanship,” he said.

Indonesia suffered its first defeat in the competition on Sunday, falling 3-0 to Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Jalil Stadium.

Malaysia fans, who were the majority among the 100,000-strong crowd at the national stadium, reportedly aimed laser beams at Indonesian players, forcing the game to be halted after 53 minutes.

The Indonesian players walked off the pitch in protest, and organizers warned fans that the match would be called off if their behavior continued, according to The Star newspaper.