ON April 1, 1999, by a decree of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), the National Police was separated from the Indonesian Military (TNI). Today, after 10 years of reform, the police are linked to a case of power abuse and extortion by two leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah.

The Team of Eight, set up by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to look into how the case was handled