City detectives get new boss

City detectives get new boss

JAKARTA (JP): City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman
on Wednesday installed Col. Alex Bambang Riatmojo on Tuesday as
the new head of the city police detective directorate, replacing
Col. Gories Mere.

A 1977 graduate of the Police Academy, Bambang was previously
deputy secretary at the National Central Bureau (NCB)-Interpol.

Before serving at the country's Interpol office, Bambang, who
holds a Phd from the Kennedy Western University in Idaho in the
United States, was chief of the Bekasi police.

Gories, who for years has run up an impressive record in
solving difficult crime cases in the capital, will be soon
installed as Student Regiment Commander at the Police Academy in
Semarang, Central Java.

Gories himself graduated from the academy in 1975.

In his speech Noegroho thanked Gories for his success in
solving several cases such as the kidnapping of businessman
Syamsul Nursalim, the home-made bomb explosion at Tanah Tinggi
apartments, Central Jakarta, and drugs transactions which
involved foreign citizens.

He urged the new detectives chief to maintain this success and
to develop innovations to solve crimes, especially those which
remain problematic. (jun)