Semarang gets new police chief

SEMARANG: Lt. Col Adang Rismanto, formerly chief of the South Jakarta police precinct, is now in charge of the police precinct in Semarang, replacing Col. Didi Widayadi.

When he served in South Jakarta, Adang was launched to national fame with the adept and quick handling of the murder of painter Abdullah Basuki last year. He was also in charge of the investigation of the death of a young man at the house of starlet Ria Irawan in Jakarta early this year.

Didi Widayadi has been promoted as chief of the Bandung police.

The transfer of duty was carried out on Monday in a ceremony presided by Central Java Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hariman A.S. (har/emb)