Police Chief designate seeks a safer Bekasi<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi police chief designate Lt. Col. Harry
\nPribadi has pledged to devote his attention to the capture of the
\nmurderer of Herbin's family.<\/p>\n
\"I will give top priority to efforts to capture the killer of
\nHerbin Hutagalung's family,\" Harry told reporters yesterday at
\nhis office.<\/p>\n
Harry was replaced yesterday by Lt. Col. Gories Mere as head
\nof the General Cases Investigation office of the Investigative
\nDirectorate at the City Police Headquarters and will be installed
\nas new Bekasi police chief in the near future.<\/p>\n
He will replace Lt. Col. Basyir Barnawi as chief of Bekasi
\npolice.<\/p>\n
The murder of Herbin Hutagalung's family, which occurred early
\nthis year in Bekasi, will go down as one of the most violent and
\nsadistic mass murders in the country's history.<\/p>\n
Six members of Herbin's family were brutally slaughtered by a
\nman who has been identified by the police but remains at large.<\/p>\n
\"The suspect (nicknamed \"Gendut\") is a cold-blooded criminal.
\nHe has the heart to leave his little children and wife for an
\nindefinite period of time. Thus, holding his family hostage, a
\nmethod that has proven successful in the past to trap several
\nhardcore criminals will not work against him,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Although Harry pledged to do his utmost to crack the case, he
\ncould not assure that the suspect would be nabbed anytime soon.<\/p>\n
Rising<\/p>\n
Harry said he will also pay serious attention to the security
\nsituation at housing complexes.<\/p>\n
\"The crime rate is now rising steadily on the outskirts of
\nJakarta, including Bekasi. Thus, the question for me is how to
\nsecure the housing complexes where many educated workers of
\nJakarta now live,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He is of the opinion that Bekasi might require some unique
\nsecurity system suitable for the mushrooming of residential
\nhousing complexes which mark the area.<\/p>\n
\"I already have a plan to discuss with the developers as to
\nwhat kind of security system is most suitable in the housing
\ncomplexes they are going to build. The residents of the housing
\ncomplexes should also be involved in the discussions,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Like Harry, his successor Mere also spent most of his police
\ncareer in investigative affairs.<\/p>\n
Born in Medan in 1954, Mere graduated from the AKABRI (Armed
\nForces Academy) in 1976.<\/p>\n
He served in Namibia in 1989 and 1990, and in the UN
\nPeacekeeping force in Cambodia in 1992.<\/p>\n
He worked as a private assistant to the city police chief
\nprior to his new job. (jsk)<\/p>",
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