NEW BOSS:

NEW BOSS:

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The deputy to Jakarta police chief, Brig. Gen. Gunawan,
yesterday installed Lt. Col. Arie Subowo (right), 44, as the new
head of Jakarta Seaport Police, replacing Lt. Col. Timbul
Sianturi (second right).

Arie's latest position was head of Bandung detectives in West
Java.

After graduating from the Police Academy in 1975, he was
appointed head of East Timor police precinct for two years. He
was then assigned as a senior police intelligence officer in West
Jakarta until he joined the Police College and graduated in 1985.

After leaving the college, Arie, a father of two, was
appointed as head of police operational affairs and detectives in
Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

He then joined the School for Senior Officers and graduated in
1992. Before his post in Bandung, he was a staffer at the Armed
Forces Headquarters and, later, head of the National Police's
narcotics unit.

In his speech read by Gunawan, Jakarta Police Chief Maj. Gen.
Hamami Nata instructed the newly-appointed officer to continue
his predecessor's efforts to arrest container thieves in the
port.

Timbul Sianturi has been appointed as head of South Kalimantan
police intelligence. (bsr)