A Major Leap for the Terrorist Hunter

COME in, To," Gen. Badrodin Haiti told Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian. The current National Police chief invited in Tito who was waiting outside. Around midday last Thursday at his office, South Jakarta, Badrodin met with the sole candidate selected by President Joko Widodo to replace him. Badrodin, whom Tempo was then interviewing, greeted his future replacement warmly. "Well, here he is," Badrodin said.

Badrodin, who will retire this July, proceeded to chat with Tito, recalling their time at the Sawah Besar police sector in Jakarta when Badrodin was its chief and Tito his deputy. When Badrodin later became the Banten region police chief, Tito, again, was police chief at the Serang precinct. When Badrodin was installed as the Central Sulawesi police chief, Tito was assigned special duties to handle the conflict in Poso. "Pak Tito has been tested, has a wide-ranging network and is accepted by the public as well as within the police force," Badrodin said.