Bogor Police chief replaced

Bogor Police chief replaced

JP/Yuli Tri Suwarni

Sr. Comr. Bambang Wasgito (left, wearing glasses) lowers his head
as chief of West Java Provincial Police Insp. Gen. Edi Darnadi
hugs his successor Sr. Comr. Bambang Tjiptono. Wasgito was
officially replaced on Friday as chief of Bogor Police after he
was accused of assaulting his subordinate Adj. First Insp. Wawan
Setiawan.

Tjiptono, Wasgito's successor, was Jakarta Police spokesman.

While waiting for a police tribunal slated to be held by West
Java Police, Wasgito will assume a non-commission post at the
Indonesian Police Headquarters in Jakarta.

"The Indonesian Police Headquarters are questioning witnesses
in the case and after the questioning, the case will be heard
before police judges at West Java Police Headquarters," said Edi
Darnadi after leading the replacement ceremony at West Java
police headquarters.

The case surfaced after media reports that the senior police
officer allegedly attacked his subordinate Wawan, the chief of
intelligence section at North Bogor Police subprecinct on
Saturday last week.

The dispute between Wasgito and Wawan began when Tri Rianto
Andika Putra, Wasgito's son, was attacked by an unidentified
person on Saturday afternoon. The event was witnessed by Wawan
and Wawan quickly calmed them down. Rian, as Wasgito's son is
popularly called, was enraged that Wawan did not defend him.

Rian reported the case to his father and the furious senior
police officer summoned Wawan and attacked him and demanded that
Wawan disclose Rian's foe. Wawan, who suffered from bruises on
his lip, chest and back, was rushed to hospital unconscious.