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Listyo appoints chief detective Agus Andriarto as his new deputy
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Police officers line up to enter the State Palace in Jakarta on Friday, October 14, 2022. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo invited top brass from the National Police headquarters, regional police chiefs and district police chiefs from across the country to his office for directives. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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ational Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo has named chief detective Comr. Gen. Agus Andrianto as his new deputy, as part of a recent major rotation in the police force.
Listyo rotated a total of 539 police officials on Saturday, including several high-ranking officers in the National Police headquarters and in several regional police offices.
Agus was appointed as police deputy chief to fill the post left by his predecessor Comr. Gen. Gatot Eddy Pramono who will be retiring on Wednesday.
Fifty-seven-year-old Agus previously served as the director for general crime at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) in 2016, handling the high-profile blasphemy case of former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama. Ahok was sentenced to two years in prison in 2017 for suggesting that some people had abused a Quranic verse to block his reelection bid.
In 2018, Agus was appointed as North Sumatra Police chief, replacing Firli Bahuri who was selected as the deputy for law enforcement at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Agus was named as the head of Bareskrim in February 2021, replacing Listyo who was appointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as the police chief.
During his tenure as chief detective, Agus handled the investigation into the controversial murder of low-ranking cop Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, which is regarded as the biggest scandal to embroil the police to date.
