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National Police has earlier on Friday (January 16) promoted Inspector General Budi Waseso as the new chief of detectives (Kabareskrim) to replace Commissioner General Suhardi Alius. Budi Waseso was regional police chief of Gorontalo in North Sulawesi area. Waseso was famous for arresting his senior, then chief of detectives Susno Duadji, in 2010. Suhardi Alius, meanwhile, is moved to the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) as main secretary to replace Boy Salamudin. Suhardi is said one of top ranks in the national police strongly opposing the nomination of Budi Gunawan as police chief. Suhardi and the dismissed police chief Sutarman have been accused of helping provide evidence of corruption committed by Budi Gunawan to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Suhardi denied the allegation. “I have close relationship with KPK and PPATK because that was part of my job as chief detective,” Suhardi argued. Earlier on Thursday, Muhammad Yusuf, chief of the anti-money laundering agency PPATK, said he believes KPK used data and analysis submitted by PPATK on August 11, 2014 regarding suspicious transactions of Budi Gunawan behind the anti-corruption agency’s decision to name Gunawan as suspect. “The report is 70-page thick, while our letter to National Police in 2010 was only 10-page,” Yusuf said. Yusuf added that PPATK has mentioned about the suspicious transactions of Budi Gunawan when he met President Jokowi in the selection of cabinet members. “I informed the...

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has on Friday (January 16) appointed deputy police chief Badrodin Haiti as acting police chief to replace Sutarman. “I have signed two decrees today. First on the dismissal of Sutarman as national police chief, and the second on the appointment of Badrodin Haiti as acting police chief,” Jokowi said Friday night. The President was accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, coordinating minister for politic, security, law and human rights affairs Tedjo Edhi, Sutarman, and Badrodin Haiti, in the press conference to announce the decisions. Jokowi, who is under pressure from civil society and anti-graft activists, has also decided to postpone the inauguration of Budi Gunawan as police chief, even though he has secured support from the House of Representatives. “The inauguration is postponed, not cancelled,” Jokowi said. Pratikno, minister of state secretary, said that the decision would give the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to examine Budi Gunawan, who has been named crime...

South Korean maritime patrol aircraft P-3 C Orion KN-01 managed to evacuate six bodies from the missing AirAsia AZ 8501 in Karimata Straits, off south Kalimantan Friday (Jan 2nd). Orion found three bodies sitting in one row at 11.58 a.m, followed with three other bodies nearby at 12.31-13.00 West Indonesia Time. Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto, head of information of Indonesian Air Force, said Orion searched the area by flying 300 feet above sea level. As of now, around 30 bodies out of 162 people aboard AirAsia QZ 8501 have been...