City has new police chief, Nurfaizi heads training HQ

City has new police chief, Nurfaizi heads training HQ

JAKARTA (JP): The National Police announced on Tuesday a
reshuffle of 31 high-ranking and middle-ranking officers,
including Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Nurfaizi, who will be
assigned to head the National Police Training Center.

Nurfaizi will be replaced by Brig. Gen. Mulyono Sulaiman,
currently the logistics deputy assistant at National Police
Headquarters.

Nurfaizi head the National Police Training Center, replacing
Insp. Ali Hanafiah, who will take over as Police Staff College
(PTIK) governor.

Another major move is the appointment of Insp. Gen. Pandji
Atmasudirdja as National Police deputy chief. The post has been
vacant since Sept. 23, following the promotion of Gen. Surojo
Bimantoro to National Police chief. Pandji is currently the
assistant to the National Police chief for planning.

Pandji's position will be filled by outgoing PTIK governor
Insp. Gen. James Daniel Sitorus.

Another change is the appointment of South Sumatra Police
chief Brig. Gen. Togar Manatar Sianipar as the new East
Kalimantan Police chief, replacing Brig. Gen. Bachrumsyah Kasman.
Bachrumsyah will be assigned chairman of the National Police
Information and Data Management Division.

The reshuffle will also include the appointment of Irian Jaya
Police chief Brig. Gen. Silvanus Yulian Wenas as the new National
Police director for police patrol operation, and the appointment
of East Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar as the new
governor of the National Police Academy.

Meanwhile, director for corruption investigations at the
National Police detectives department Brig. Gen. Timbul Silaen
will be transferred to an equal position of director for drug
abuse investigations in the same department, while Bandung City
Police chief Sr. Supt. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo will be assigned as
the new director for general crimes, also in the same department.

National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf denied that
the reshuffle was hasty.

"The reshuffle of police officers has been under discussion
for a long time," Saleh told reporters at the National Police
Headquarters on Tuesday.

"(The reshuffle) is for the sake of (the officers') careers,"
he said, adding that the new posts would become effective from
Tuesday but the swearing-in ceremonies would be held within two
weeks.

Saleh also denied that Nurfaizi was being replaced due to the
arrest of President Abdurrahman Wahid's former masseur Suwondo,
who is a suspect in the multibillion rupiah State Logistics
Agency (Bulog) scandal.

Abdurrahman has been linked to the case after Bulog former
deputy chief Sapuan testified that Suwondo, who was arrested on
Saturday, had acted on behalf of the President. Sapuan was the
official who ordered the disbursement of Rp 35 billion fund from
the agency's employee-owned foundation Yanatera to Suwondo in
January. (jaw)