W. Java gets new police chief

BANDUNG: Maj. Gen. Chaeruddin Ismail was installed yesterday as West Java Police chief replacing Maj. Gen. Nana Permana who takes up a new post as inspector general of the National Police.

Chaeruddin, 49, has served since 1996 as an expert in the National Police's criminology division.

Leading yesterday's installation ceremony was National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo. (mds)