Ahwil set for deputy police post

Ahwil set for deputy police post

JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Gen. Ahwil Lutan, governor of the Police
Academy, is likely to be appointed the new deputy chief of the
National Police, a senior officer said on Monday.

A date for the transfer of duty has yet to be set.

"Pak Ahwil will most probably be appointed National Police
deputy chief soon," National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Erald
Dotulong said.

"Before taking his post as governor of the Police Academy, he
was assigned to coordinate the National Police chief's staff of
experts, and previously he was secretary to the National Central
Bureau of Interpol Indonesia."

Ahwil, 52, is a 1968 graduate of the National Police Academy.
His predecessor, Lt. Gen. Nana Permana, has passed the mandatory
retirement age of 55.

Like Lt. Gen. Rusdihardjo, who will officially replace Gen.
Roesmanhadi as National Police chief on Thursday, Ahwil has taken
several overseas courses and training on drug enforcement and
police management training.

A graduate of the School of Law at Pancasila University, Ahwil
took his master's in business administration at Gregorio Areneta
University in the Philippines.

His police education included studying at Drug Enforcement
(DEA) Administration School in Washington, the U.S., Senior
Police Management Training at Bramshill Police College in Britain
and the Narcotics Law Enforcement School in Tokyo, Japan.

Ahwil also took overseas seminars on organized crime in Tokyo,
on victimology in Adelaide, Australia, a money laundering seminar
in England and crime prevention and treatment of offenders in
Cairo. (ylt)