Off the wire
• 1st LD Writethru: Civilian casualties rise 22 pct in Afghanistan in 2014: UN  • Pacific island leaders to voice opinions on China's regional role  • Cambodia rescues 17 trafficked Cambodians from Thai fishing boats in Indonesia  • Chinese banks set to face margin pressures in 2015: Fitch  • Urgent: Indonesian president drops nomination for police chief  • Chinese New Year celebrated with fireworks over New York's Hudson River  • Sri Lanka arrests suspected asylum seekers  • Iran's Naft Tehran beats El Jaish, advances into the ACL group stage  • China celebrates 30 years of Antarctic expeditions  • Philippine president greets Filipino-Chinese on Lunar New Year  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD: Indonesian president drops nomination for national police chief

Xinhua, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday dropped the nomination of Commissioner General Budi Gunawan for the national police chief and replaced with Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti who is now the acting national police chief. "As the nomination of Commissioner General Budi Gunawan has sparked public controversy, so, to create stability and comply with the need that the country is led by a definitive police chief, today (Wednesday) I propose a new candidate Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti to get the approval from the House of Representatives," President Widodo said at the State Palace. Endi