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Tough punishment promised for officers proven to have committed extortion
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Get ready: A police officer salutes National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian (left) on Dec. 23 during the launch of the annual Operation Candle to beef up security ahead of the Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)
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ational Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian has said he will impose serious punishments on 15 arrested South Sumatra Police officers if they are found guilty of having extorted money from people applying to be recruits in the province.
“If it is proven that they have violated the code of ethics, I want them to be fired,” Tito told journalists on Friday.
As reported earlier, 15 South Sumatra Police personnel were accused of having committed extortion worth about Rp 4.7 billion (US$352,562) in the recruitment of new members for the provincial police command from 2015 to 2016. Eight of them have been sent to Jakarta for further investigation.
(Read also: South Sumatra police officers implicated in bribery undergo further investigation)
National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rikwanto said on Wednesday that the police’s internal affairs division (Propam) was still gathering evidence from documents connected to the candidate selection process.
Rikwanto also said it was hoped the police’s serious investigation of the extortion case would teach a lesson and provide shock therapy to all officers who handled National Police candidate recruitment so they would never take advantage of the process. (hol/ebf)
