Promotions in City Police HQ

JAKARTA (JP): Col. Gories Mere, the detective who supervised the arrest in the U.S. of Ecstasy suspect Zarina, has been appointed chief the City Police detectives.

Gories replaces Col. Paimin Aboeamr, who is on study leave at the National Resilience Institute. He was previously chief of the criminal investigation department of the West Java Police headquarters.

His appointment was announced yesterday by City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata at City Police headquarters.

Other appointments are Col. Achmad Hasan as Public Services chief, Col. Arthur Damanik as leader of the Special Deployment Squad, and Lt. Col. Suseno as head of the Legal Department. (cst)