Jakarta's suspended Public Order Agency head gets new position

Suspended head of Jakarta’s Public Order Agency Harianto Badjoeri will start a new job today as a human resources director at city-owned construction company PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol.

City secretary Muhayat said Sunday that Harianto’s position would be filled by former North Jakarta mayor Effendi Anas, who is currently one of Muhayat’s assistants.

Harianto was suspended after hundreds of his officers clashed in a bloody riot at a memorial complex in Tanjung Priok with a gang of people claiming to be heirs of revered Muslim figure known as Mbah Priuk, whose grave is situated in the complex.

Three public order officers died in the effort to evict squatters from the area and more than 200 people were injured, including 17 teenagers.