Bekasi police dismiss outlaw

BEKASI: Bekasi Police chief Sr. Comr. Bachtiar Hasanudin Tambunan dismissed on Monday one of his personnel, who was reportedly involved in a crime.

The person, whose last rank was that of second brigadier, was a member of Sukatani subprecinct police.

"We are law enforcers, so we cannot abuse the law ... In fact, it is we who should be the role model to residents," Tambunan said in a ceremony, declining to detail the crime the person was involved in.

A police source said the crime was committed in 1999, but it had been disclosed only recently. -- JP