NGOs protest local police chief

NGOs protest local police chief

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Eight local non-governmental organizations
lodged a complaint here on Sunday against the Yogyakarta police
chief Brig. Gen. Logan Siagian for accusing the organizations of
"mentally" terrorizing his leadership.

The NGOs, including the local chapters of the Indonesian Legal
Aid Institute and the Alliance of Independent Journalists,
demanded last week that the police chief be held accountable by
the local legislature for failing to resolve major criminal cases
in the area.

They also called on Logan to resign.

Logan struck back, however, at the NGOs saying that they had
been "mentally" terrorizing him.

The groups said in a press statement on Sunday that Logan's
comment was "undemocratic" and he was also accused of being "too
authoritarian".(swa)