Shaking Polri’s Tree

This is not the first time that the replacement of its chief has sent shudders throughout the corps of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) during the term of President Abdurrahman (Gus Dur) Wahid’s government. But the present turbulence appears to be greater than the previous one. When General Rusdihardjo was dismissed and replaced by his second-in-command, General Surojo Bimantoro, the various reacti