Jakarta – The National Police on Friday announced that Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti would take over as the country's deputy chief and replace outgoing deputy chief Comr. Gen. Oegroseno, who has reached retirement age.
"Last night I explained – it's Badrodin Haiti," National Police chief Gen. Sutarman said after installing Aceh's new police chief at the National Police's headquarters on Friday, as quoted by the state-run Antara news agency.
Sutarman said the decision to replace Oegroseno was taken on Feb. 27, 2014. He said that Badrodin, who was formerly the head of National Police's security department, was the best three-star general contending for the position. Other candidates included Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, the head of the police academy, and General Supervision Inspector Comr. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam.
Badrodin Haiti was born in Jember, East Java, in July 1957. He entered the police academy in 1982 and graduated at the top of his class. He was once installed as the Central Sulawesi Police chief in 2005-2006. Afterward, he was the North Sumatra Police chief between 2009 to 2010. Later, he was made the East Java Police chief. The National Police have not announced the one who will replace Badrodin.
Meanwhile, investigative magazine Tempo reported in 2010 that Badrodid, who at the time headed the National Police's legal division, was among 23 police generals who had a large sum of money in his bank account. His wealth in March 24, 2008, was measured at Rp 2 billion ($172,000) and $4,000.
It was reported that he owned a life insurance policy worth Rp 1.1 billion from Prudential, which was paid for by a third party.
Adrianus Meliala, a commissioner of the National Police's supervisory commission, said on Thursday that Badrodin had addressed the issue with the police.
"He received an insurance policy when his wife was sick," he said as quoted Tempo.co. "But he did not clarify it, so the PPATK [Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center] deemed it as a suspicious transaction."
Sutarman, meanwhile, said that Badrodid deserved the post and had settled the matter with the police. "That has been clarified, so there's no problem," Sutarman said.