Indonesia: National Police remove top brass from posts over alleged involvement in graft case

Graft convict Djoko Tjandra stands trial for his involvement in the Bank Bali graft case. He was found guilty of misusing Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) funds. - Jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, July 19 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): National Police chief Gen Idham Azis has removed two high-ranking police generals from their posts for their alleged roles in allowing fugitive and graft convict Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra to travel within the country.

The generals were the National Police’s international relations division head, Insp-Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, and National Central Bureau (NCB)-Interpol Indonesia secretary Brig-Gen Nugroho Wibowo.