Corrupt senior Army man removed<\/p>\n
Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara<\/p>\n
An Army commander has been removed from his post for imposing
\nillegal fees on people crossing the border of Indonesia and East
\nTimor.<\/p>\n
Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, the chief of Wirasakti military
\nresort command overseeing East Nusa Tenggara, said that the Army
\ncommander in question was Lt. Col. C. M, the commander of the
\nBorder Security Task Force.<\/p>\n
\"He is someone whom Army personnel cannot look up to. He has
\ntarnished the image of the Indonesian Military (TNI), therefore
\nhe has to be removed,\" Moeswarno said.<\/p>\n
Moeswarno said that the Army commander had been dispatched
\nback to his battalion in the Brawijaya military command in East
\nJava.<\/p>\n
He said that the decision to remove the Army commander from
\nhis post was made after an investigation found him guilty of
\nimposing illegal charges on people crossing the border of
\nIndonesia and East Timor.<\/p>\n
\"We followed up reports from the media and people. After
\ninvestigation, we found him guilty and removed him from his
\npost,\" said Moeswarno.<\/p>\n
He said that the decision was also reached after consultation
\nwith officials at the Brawijaya military command and Wirasakti's
\nintelligence officers in the field.<\/p>\n
Currently, some 1,500 Army personnel are deployed in the 150
\nkilometer-long border of Indonesia and East Timor.<\/p>\n
Recently, the resort command dismissed 38 Army personnel under
\nits supervision after they were declared guilty by Kupang
\nmilitary court of various crimes, desertion and immoral conduct.<\/p>",
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