Maj. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin: "My duty is to explain things, not to make personal comments."
SJAFRIE Sjamsoeddin hasn't changed at all. He looks just as handsome as he did when he appeared in photos and on television when he was still commander of the Greater Jakarta Military Area Command (Kodam), from September 1997 to June 1998. His attiregreen army uniform with polished gold insigniagives him a neat appearance. He appears calm and relaxed, and smiles often. The same number of stars is pinned on his shoulders as it was five years ago. Two starsno more, no lessindicating the rank of major general.
March 19, 2002
But something about Sjafrie has changed. Since 4 March 2002, this native of Makassar who was born a half century ago now holds a "leading position" in the Indonesian Military (TNI), as head of TNI's Information Center.
As a soldier in the army's infantry who is more accustomed to being in the field and on the battlefield—he was stationed in East Timor, Aceh and Irian Jaya—Sjafrie says that he never imagined that he would g
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