800 POLICEMEN FOR SECURITY CONTROL AT WEC 2008

KUALA TERENGGANU (Malaysia), Nov 5 (Bernama)-- Eight hundred policemen will
be deployed to provide security for partcipants and guests at the four-day FEI
World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2008 which starts in the Bidong Valley,
Setiu, in Malaysia's east coast state of Terengganu Thursday.

Terengganu deputy police chief Jalaludin Abdul Rahman said Thursday that
the guests included the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hasanal Bolkiah.

"Their safety, from the moment they arrive until they depart will be our
responsibility," he told a news conference here.

He said the police had also sought the cooperation of the public and
residents in the surrounding areas to stay away from the tracks as their
presence might scare the horses.

The championship will see 133 riders from 32 countries competing at the
Terengganu International Endurance Park, the first time that the International
Equestrian Federation (FEI) championship is being held in a tropical
country.
-- BERNAMA