Jakarta – Maj. Gen. Aslizar Tanjung replaced Rear Marshall Sagom Tamboen as spokesman of the Indonesian Military (TNI) on Friday.

Sagom will become deputy minister for communications and information at the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Ministry.

The TNI also installed Maj. Gen. Bambang Suranto as its new military command staff coordinator. "This is to improve our performance," TNI Commander Gen. Djoko Santoso said.