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