Six Bogor Brimob members dismissed

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor police dishonorably discharged six members of the 1st mobile brigade (Brimob) regiment in Kedung Halang on Monday for desertion and violation of professional norms.

Regimental commanding officer Sr. Comr. Sujitno said at a ceremony marking the promotion of 109 mobile brigade members and the dismissal of the renegades, that the six had repeatedly violated police regulations as well as the law in general despite frequent attempts to reform them.

Without elaborating on the types of offenses committed, he said that their unlawful acts had brought disgrace to the police and damaged the public interest.

Under the current conditions of security instability, "the police as a law enforcement agency should be capable of overcoming all kinds of disturbances across the country," he added.

Only one of the six mobile brigade members being discharged was present at the ceremony while the whereabouts of the other five remains unknown. (21)