Pastika to head Bali Police

Pastika to head Bali Police

JAKARTA: Insp. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika who led the successful
investigation into last year's Bali bombing has been appointed as
Bali Police chief, replacing Brig. Gen. Budi Setiawan.

Pastika's appointment will take effect on Monday, said the
National Police Headquarters in a statement on Saturday.

Brig. Gen. Suyitno Lamdung, who leads the police's economic
crimes unit, will take over Pastika's previous post as deputy
chief of detectives at the police headquarters.

Pastika, who is Balinese, headed an investigation that led to
the arrest of 29 suspects behind last year's Bali bombing, which
killed at least 202 people, mainly foreigners.

The success has won Indonesia international praise for its
efforts in cracking down on suspected terrorists here.

Pastika was named Asia's newsmaker of the year by the U.S.
Time magazine in December 2002.

Pastika is the former police chief of Papua, where he
uncovered the Indonesian Military's involvement in the killing of
Papuan independence leader "Theys" Hiyo Eluay in 2001. -- JP