Putu Rai new army spokesman

Putu Rai new army spokesman

JAKARTA (JP): Col. I Dewa Putu Rai was installed as the Army headquarters' new spokesman yesterday, replacing Brig. Gen. Robik Mukav.

Mukav has been given an administrative position at the Armed Forces headquarters.

Putu Rai, a 1971 graduate of the Magelang-based National Military Academy in Central Jakarta, is a relatively new man to the press as most of his military career was spent in the intelligence department.

"However, I believe that my duties will be easier because a good system is in place at the Army's Information Department," he said. "What I need to do is make the personnel at the Information Department work harder and be more professional."

Putu Rai had been working at the Armed Forces' Intelligence Agency for several years before he assumed the position of military attache at the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok.

He spent his earlier military career at the Army's Transportation Directorate.

The outgoing spokesman, Robik, called on the press to support the new spokesman so that the Army's Information Department would be able to improve its performance.

Robik, who has been the Army's spokesman since April last year, will take up a new post at the Foundation of the Armed Forces Headquarters.

The transfer-of-duty ceremony was held at the Army headquarters on Jl. Merdeka Utara yesterday in the absence of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Wiranto. (imn)