Less than Saintly Behavior

Islamic organizations in Cirebon have rejected a non-Muslim Police Resort Chief. Did timber smugglers have a hand in the opposition?

November 7, 2006

JUST like a clairvoyant capable of reading the signs of time, activists of Islamic organizations in Cirebon seem to have known for two months that Adj. Sr. Comr. Rochiyanto would be replaced by Adj. Sr. Comr. Edison Sitorus as Chief of the local Police Resort. So, on September 19, they sent a letter to the National Police Chief.

The letter rejected the appointment of Edison Sitorus to head the police in the northern coastal town of Java. We want a

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