Tue, 09 Mar 1999

Hendro reelected as judo chief

JAKARTA (JP): A.M. Hendropriyono, an Army lieutenant general and minister of transmigration, was elected for a second four- year term as chief of the Indonesian Judo Association at its conference in Ciloto in West Java on Sunday, Antara reported.

Hendro, who was the sole candidate, won all the 18 votes cast.

He has one month to form a new executive board and will be assisted by association's former secretary general M.P. Simatupang and head of West Java chapter Atang Noor.

Hendro was not present during the vote.