Corrupt senior Army man removed

Corrupt senior Army man removed

Yemris Fointuna, The Jakarta Post, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara

An Army commander has been removed from his post for imposing
illegal fees on people crossing the border of Indonesia and East
Timor.

Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, the chief of Wirasakti military
resort command overseeing East Nusa Tenggara, said that the Army
commander in question was Lt. Col. C. M, the commander of the
Border Security Task Force.

"He is someone whom Army personnel cannot look up to. He has
tarnished the image of the Indonesian Military (TNI), therefore
he has to be removed," Moeswarno said.

Moeswarno said that the Army commander had been dispatched
back to his battalion in the Brawijaya military command in East
Java.

He said that the decision to remove the Army commander from
his post was made after an investigation found him guilty of
imposing illegal charges on people crossing the border of
Indonesia and East Timor.

"We followed up reports from the media and people. After
investigation, we found him guilty and removed him from his
post," said Moeswarno.

He said that the decision was also reached after consultation
with officials at the Brawijaya military command and Wirasakti's
intelligence officers in the field.

Currently, some 1,500 Army personnel are deployed in the 150
kilometer-long border of Indonesia and East Timor.

Recently, the resort command dismissed 38 Army personnel under
its supervision after they were declared guilty by Kupang
military court of various crimes, desertion and immoral conduct.