Top cop slapped on wrist for assault

Top cop slapped on wrist for assault

Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Former Bogor police chief Sr. Comr. Bambang Wasgito has admitted
to assaulting one of his subordinates, while his driver was
detained on Wednesday for causing severe injuries in the attack.

National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Aryanto Boedihardjo said
that Bambang would be charged under Article 352 of the Criminal
Code on minor assault.

The driver, Chief Brig. Darmawan Manik, will be charged with a
more serious offense of assault resulting in death or severe
injury.

"Based on our investigations, Bambang only slapped the victim
while it was Darmawan who carried out the assault," Aryanto said.

Bambang assaulted the 53-year-old Adj. First Insp. Wawan
Setiawan, the intelligence and security unit head of North Bogor
police, earlier this month upon receiving news that his son Tri
Rianto Andika Putra, 15, had been attacked by unidentified
persons.

Wawan, who was at the crime site but didn't recognize Tri, was
unsuccessful in apprehending the attackers.

Bambang called Wawan to come to the Central Bogor Police
subprecinct, where he was assaulted.

Wawan fell unconscious immediately after arriving home and was
rushed to hospital.

Aryanto denied reports that Bambang ordered Darmawan to
assault Wawan.

However, Aryanto said that Bambang was still being questioned
at National Police headquarters and there was still a possibility
that he would be charged with more serious crimes.

Bambang was replaced by Sr. Comr. Tjiptono, formerly the
spokesman to the Jakarta Police, following an investigation by
the internal affairs division earlier this month.