Indah Setiawati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/16/2010 10:55 PM
Governor Fauzi Bowo has decided to suspend Public Order Agency head Harianto Badjoeri following Wednesday’s clash involving agency officers in Koja, North Jakarta which claimed three lives and injured 128 others.
Fauzi said Friday the suspension was aimed at facilitating an investigation into the incident.
“For the sake of an independent investigation, I have suspended the head of the Public Order Agency,” Fauzi told a plenary meeting at the provincial legislative council held to demand the governor’s explanation of the fatal clash.
During the plenary session, some of 87 councilors at present asked the governor of officials responsible for the violence. They also questioned why the Public Order Agency did not withdraw the officers despite tension and request from councilors who happened to mediate a negotiation between local residents and the officers.
A councilor questioned the finding of alcoholic drinks inside public order official vehicles.
Data from the administration said the clash cost the city administration Rp 22.9 billion as as 24 trucks, 36 cars, 14 pick-up trucks, two commander cars, one motorcycle were set ablaze or damaged during the uprising.
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