Vientiane Police Headquarters announced a new emergency number – 1191 – at the biyearly crime report meeting in Vientiane yesterday. The Headquarters Deputy Chief, Lieutenant Colonel Khamkeo Manola, said the previous emergency call number has been out of service for a long time while their office was rebuilt.“1191 is now the emergency call number, 24 hours a day. We welcome all information about crime, social problems and other information related to security in Vientiane,” Lt Col Khamkeo said. The new Vientiane Police Office is now operational and the emergency number is up and running.“But don’t call us as a prank, because our phone records the number of the caller. If someone is doing that, we will penalise them,” he said. No one had yet made a prank call on the new number, Lt Col Khamkeo added. However, in the past this was a common occurrence – but at that time, they couldn’t be caught. He asked people to cooperate with the police and to pass on information if they saw something suspicious or a crime in action in Vientiane. “Everyone has a mobile phone and can dial 1191 to tell us what’s happening. This is very valuable information to us and it is also free