Sintong gets new post

Sun, 14 Jun 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung swore-in
Lt. Gen. (ret) Sintong Panjaitan (center) as Secretary of
Development Operation yesterday.

Here in the photo Sintong is seen chatting with his
predecessor -- the current Minister of Information Yunus Yosfiah
(left) -- and Minister of Transmigration A.M. Hendropriyono.

Sintong, 57, was drafted onto Habibie's expert staff for
security and defense affairs early last month when the latter was
still vice president.

Sintong's military career soared after he led a commando
operation to liberate passengers from a hijacked Indonesian plane
in Bangkok in 1981. In 1985 he was appointed commander of the
Army's Special Force (Kopassus).

His career in the Armed Forces (ABRI) ended following a bloody
clash between demonstrators and security forces in Dili on Nov.
12, 1991. Sintong at that time was commander of the Udayana
military command which oversees Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East
Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.

Akbar also installed Maj. Gen. Arifin Tarigan as secretary
general of the National Defense and Security Council
(Wanhankamnas) yesterday. He replaced Lt. Gen. Soetarto. (prb)

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