Major reshuffle at City Police

A number of senior city police officials, including heads of police precincts in the city's five mayoralties, will be replaced this month.

The official announcement has yet to be made but reliable sources at the city police headquarters said yesterday that among officials to be replaced are heads of the Tangerang, Depok, East, South and Central Jakarta police precincts and the Tanjung Priok Port Security Force (KP3).

South Jakarta police precinct head Lt. Col. Adang Rismanto will soon be assigned as police chief in Semarang, Central Java, while Central Jakarta police precinct head Lt. Col. Dadang Garnida will be appointed as police chief in Palembang, South Sumatera.

The two will be respectively replaced by Lt. Col. Sylvanus Yulian Wenas, currently Commander of the City Police Mobile Brigade, and Lt. Col. Lt. Col. Murawi Effendi, currently head of the KP3.

No information as who will be appointed as precinct head at Depok, Tangerang and East Jakarta police precincts has been released as yet.(bsr)