JP/Mulkan Salmona

JP/Mulkan Salmona

LEADERSHIP CHANGE: New National Police chief General Da'i
Bachtiar (left) shakes hands with his predecessor General Suroyo
Bimantoro at the State Palace on Jl. Veteran, Central Jakarta.
President Megawati Soekarnoputri installed Da'i on Thursday as
the new police chief replacing Bimantoro, who is to retire at the
end of November. Vice President Hamzah Haz, a number of Cabinet
ministers and members of the House of Representatives (DPR) also
attended the ceremony.