New chief for city prosecutors

New chief for city prosecutors

JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Singgih installed Sidharta
Tjokrowarsito yesterday as the new chief of the Jakarta
provincial prosecutor's office, replacing Djenal Achmad.

Djenal has been promoted to the position of secretary to the
attorney general's deputy for intelligence.

In his address, Singgih urged the new chief and his
subordinates to give more priority to upholding the environmental
law.

"The environment can become a big and serious problem in big
cities like Jakarta. Polluting the environment is no longer an
administrative violation, but a criminal act," Singgih said.

He said such action could cause public unrest, which in the
end could endanger the country's economy.

Singgih also said as Jakarta became a more modernized big
city, new types of crime were emerging. "Organized crime, money
laundering, property rights violations and drug trafficking are
crimes which are occurring in Jakarta," he said.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Governor Surjadi
Soedirdja and Jakarta City Council speaker M.H. Ritonga, as well
as other high-ranking officials. (yns)