Jakarta – The newly-installed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) director, Army Lt. Gen. Marciano Norman, has promised that the agency will not abuse its additional powers as stated in the new intelligence law.

"I will not tolerate any violation against the existing intelligence law," he said on Wednesday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Marciano, a former army training and education commando commandant, has been appointed to replace Gen. (ret.) Sutanto, also a former national police chief.

Behind the scenes, speculation grew that Sutanto's replacement was a massive disappointment for most of the agency's members with military backgrounds.

Marciano denied the speculation, saying that the appointment was merely based on professional considerations. "It's not like that," he said.

He said that his task as intelligence chief was to accelerate and improve cooperation between the intelligence body and other institutions, such as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), the police and the army's strategic intelligence agency, in order to safeguard the nation's interests.