100 Aceh policemen punished

100 Aceh policemen punished

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Administrative and legal sanctions have been
imposed on at least 100 policemen for various offenses, Aceh
Police chief Ins. Gen. Yusuf Manggabarani said on Thursday.

Speaking at a celebration marking the 57th anniversary of the
police's Mobile Brigade, Yusuf said 20 of the officers were
waiting to go on trial in the North Aceh District Court in
connection with an arson attack on shophouses in Seuneddon
district last September.

"They deserve to be punished for their crimes," Yusuf
asserted.

He said the attack was triggered by an incident in which an
officer was wounded near the shophouses. "We'll discharge them as
soon as they have been proven guilty," he said. --JP