Depok gets new police chief

DEPOK (JP): City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata yesterday inducted Lt. Col. Fajar Priantoro as the new chief of the Depok Police Precinct.

Fajar replaces Lt. Col. Yudi Sushariyadi who has been assigned to lead the South Jakarta Police Precinct.

Fajar was previously head of the Sabhara division at the City Police's Directorate of the On-the-Alert Unit.

He graduated from the Police Academy in 1977 and has been involved in several military operations, including Operation Halilintar (Lightning) on Galang Island, Operation Seroja in East Timor, Operation Jaring Merah (Red Net) in Aceh, Operation Rajawali (Eagle) in Irian Jaya and Operation Galang in 1995. (24)