Over 400 security personnel for Obama
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More than 400 security personnel are in Myanmar to guard US President Barack Obama during his stay in Myanmar.
t was reported that a team of more than 400 US security personnel will carry out safety measures for Obama who would visit Yangon on Friday, after attending the summit.
“More than 400 US security personnel will come along with the US President for security purposes. The US security members will take close security measures at the places where the president plans to visit. The Myanmar Police Force will provide assistance in these security measures,” said a high ranking Myanmar Police Force official who asked not to be named. He added that some security personnel have already been in Myanmar for a week.
Moreover, security equipment will be carried along with the American security personnel in order to carry out security measures.
“The Myanmar Police Force has deployed more than 1,000 police at the routes the US President will take in Yangon. The police have been fully deployed throughout Yangon to tighten security, as the routes are subject to change at anytime,” said a Yangon Police Force officer who asked not to be named.
During his visit to Yangon, President Obama will meet Asean youth leaders at the Diamond Jubilee Hall Yangon University campus. He will also meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
More than 200 people from Mingala Taungnyunt Township also plans a protest against the proportional representation (PR) system when President Obama comes to Yangon.
