Yogyakarta gets new police chief

Yogyakarta gets new police chief

YOGYAKARTA: Deputy National Police chief Com. Gen. Bimantoro
installed Brig. Gen. Logan Siagian as the province's top law
enforcement officer on Tuesday and denied allegations that the
change was aimed at disrupting an investigation into the killing
of a local journalist in 1996.

Bimantoro said Logan's replacement of Brig. Gen. Dadang
Sutrisno was part of a major reshuffle affecting 35 senior
officers.

"We expect that this change will improve the Yogyakarta
Police's performance, including in uncovering the truth behind
the murder," Bimantoro told reporters.

The Yogyakarta branch of the Alliance of Independent
Journalists (AJI) has questioned Dadang's removal, which was
decided upon when he was intensifying the probe into the death of
Fuad Muhammad Safrudin alias Udin, which remains a mystery.

Bimantoro pledged the investigation would continue, but he set
no deadline for the police to put the issue beyond doubt. Udin's
murder has been linked to his criticism of the Bantul regency
administration.

Dadang will be assigned to the training and education section
at National Police Headquarters. (44)