Military says police uncontrollable

Military says police uncontrollable

JAKARTA: The National Police should not be under the
supervision of the president but should be under the minister of
home affairs or the attorney general, a former high ranking
military officer said on Friday.

Former Military Police chief May. Gen. (ret.) Syamsu Djalal
said the current structure had made the police often
uncontrollable and had thus created various irregularities.

"Only in Indonesia, police are put under the president. In
other countries, it is under the minister of home affairs or the
Attorney General's Office," he told reporters.

He also said that the police in provinces and regencies should
be put under the control of local administrations, which also
oversee local security issues.-Antara