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Jokowi wants next police chief to focus on drug, terrorism, corruption crimes
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that the next police chief should focus on battling drug trafficking, terrorism and corruption.
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President Joko Widodo (right) swears in Comr. Gen Tito Karnivian as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief in March. (SEKAP/Cabinet Secretariat)
P
resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday that the next police chief should focus on battling drug trafficking, terrorism and corruption.
The President has nominated Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian, who is a highly educated officer, to lead the National Police.
Tito, who is currently the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief, has been proposed to replace current National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti. If Tito’s nomination is approved by the House of Representatives, the 51-year-old terrorism expert will be the youngest person to head the National Police in the past three decades.
The President sent a nomination letter on Wednesday to the House proposing the Ph.D. holder on terrorism studies replace the existing National Police chief.
"Before the nomination, I got feedback from many parties," Jokowi said. (dan)
