Cops axed for drugs, burglary

Cops axed for drugs, burglary

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The Aceh police ethics commission
dishonorably discharged on Monday two police officers in Aceh who
were found guilty in two separate cases, one for burglary and the
other for drug abuse.

First. Brig. Abu Rimansyah, 22, was fired for stealing a
motorcycle, while his fellow police officer First. Insp.
Khairuddin, 48, was fired for taking illegal narcotics.

Chief of the local police ethics tribunal Sr. Comr. Bambang
Irawan said that the two had earlier been found guilty by the
Banda Aceh District Court. Abu was sentenced to 17 months in
jail, while Khairuddin got three months in jail. -- JP