Indonesian President Joko Widodo ’s recent move to publicly castigate hundreds of top police officials over a series of scandals signalled the extent of his wrath, but analysts say without structural reforms, the force will remain one of the nation’s least trusted institutions. Widodo last Friday summoned senior officers from the regional and national levels to the presidential palace for.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The murder of a police officer, allegedly by his own commanding officer, the head of the National Police’s internal affairs department (Propam), has taken on a political bent, following a House of Representatives meeting on Monday (Aug 22) that saw a senior minister branded too indiscreet in regard to the case and a call for the police chief to be suspended.