The government is preparing to deploy around 3,500 police personnel in the Capital for the security of dignitaries attending the Asia Pacific Summit to be held in Kathmandu from November 30 to December 3.

According to a source, the Nepal Army will take charge of the central security layer and coordinate with the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the National Intelligence Department (NID) to ensure security.

Police have made a special arrangement taking Myanmar State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi and Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen to the hotel from Tribhuvan International Airport. They have been invited as special guests by the government of Nepal to attend the summit.

A large number of security personnel will be deployed for the security of Suu Kyi as she might face security threat from human rights activists and Rohingya refugees who are taking shelter in Kathmandu after fleeing Myanmar to escape ethnic violence, a police source said.

Suu Kyi has been criticised from various quarters for failing to speak out against army crackdown in Rakhine State.

According to a police source, most of the VIP guests will stay at Boudha-based Hotel Hyatt, Battisputali-based Dwarika's Hotel, Durbarmarg-based Hotel Yak and Yeti and Kalimati-based Hotel Soaltee.

The movement of public vehicles will be affected a lot from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturday, the day when the Asia Pacific Summit will be inaugurated.

It has been learnt that the police will use the same security technologies that they used during the BIMSTEC Summit.

A source at the Nepal Police headquarters said that nine ‘walk through gate’ will be used at the programme venue and the hotels where dignitaries will stay. Similarly, police will use five portable baggage scanner machines.

Likewise, police are also planning to use drones for the first time for the security. The source said that the Nepal police headquarters is preparing to fly two drones for the security of the programme venue.