Gorries discharged as bomb squad chief<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The National Police has removed Brig. Gen. Gorries
\nMere as the Bomb Squad chief following the deadly blast outside
\nthe Australian Embassy here on Sept. 9, a credible police source
\nsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n
The source said police headquarters had named his deputy Sr.
\nComr. Bekto Suprapto, acting chief pending the appointment of a
\npermanent replacement. Gorries, however, maintains his post as
\nthe head of drug investigations.<\/p>\n
National Police chief of detectives and the direct superior of
\nGorries, Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung Sudjono, would not confirm
\nthe report. \"This is a matter of police internal affairs,
\njournalists do not need to know about it,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Gorries sparked controversy in Indonesia and Australia in
\nAugust when he took convicted Bali bomber Ali Imron to a cafe, a
\ntactic he said was to help find the whereabouts of fugitive
\nMalaysian bomb makers Azahari and Noordin Moh. Top.<\/p>\n
Less than a month later a bomb detonated in front of the
\nAustralian Embassy, with the police blaming the two fugitives. --
\nJP<\/p>",
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