Time to Go
The Bill on the National Police contains a clause that will allow General Bimantoro to remain in office for another three years. Megawati has ordered her party to block the bill's passage.
October 23, 2001
General Surojo Bimantoro is losing concentration. On Thursday last week, after attending the final session of the Special Committee on the National Police Bill at the DPR (House of Representatives) building, Indonesia's police chief absent-mindedly entered the ladies' room before a quick-thinking aide pulled him up short. Apparently, his wandering mind was still focused on the stormy session he'd just attended. "Why did the meeting become protracted?...