Police Withdraw From Aceh Amid Peace Moves
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From Times Wire Reports
Indonesian police pulled out of Aceh province in a goodwill gesture as rebels prepared to hand over hundreds of weapons under a peace deal signed last month.
The deal’s success depends almost entirely on the disarmament and demobilization.
The pact called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. It also said the rebels would have to surrender their weapons before year’s end.
In return, the military would withdraw about half of its 57,000 security troops from the province at the norther tip of the island of Sumatra.
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