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The newly installed National Police deputy chief, Comr
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he newly installed National Police deputy chief, Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti, has pledged to accelerate bureaucratic reform within the force and provide security during the upcoming general election.
'[My priorities are] devising the police's strategic plan for the period of 2015-2019. Second, securing the election. Third, implementing bureaucratic reform, which must be intensified,' he said after being sworn in by National Police chief Gen. Sutarman in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Badrodin, who previously led the force's security maintenance division, fills the post left by the retiring Comr. Gen. Oegroseno.
Badrodin said that the police had conducted a series of coordination meetings and personnel training in the run up to the election.
'There are several provincial police that will likely face conflicts during the election. We must be prepared for incidences in Papua, Maluku, Central Sulawesi, Aceh, South Sulawesi, Java, West Nusa Tenggara, North Maluku, North and South Sumatra,' he explained.
After the inauguration ceremony, 55-year-old Badrodin also responded to National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)'s accusation that he was implicated in a possible human rights violation while serving as the Central Sulawesi Police chief.
It is alleged that Badrodin instructed an antiterror raid in Tanah Runtuh, Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2007 that left 17 dead.
'It is up to [Komnas HAM] to make such accusation. All the officials [who had roles in the operation] are still active, so [Komnas HAM] can ask for clarification,' he said.
