Jakarta – Seven regional top cops have been replaced in a major shake-up of Indonesia's police ranks at the end of 2015, according to a Dec. 31 telegram signed by National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan.

South Sulawesi Police chief Insp. Gen. Iza Fadri will serve as the National Police's expert staff for social and political affairs. He is to be replaced by the police's Security and Intelligence Agency deputy chief Insp. Gen. Djoko Prastowo.

Meanwhile, Jambi Police chief Brig. Gen. Lutfi Lubihanto was promoted to Iza's post and will be replaced by Central Java Police chief Gen. Musyafak.

Riau Islands Police chief Brig. Gen. Arman Depati is set to head back to the National Police's Criminal Investigations Unit (Bareskrim), where he will work with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN).

Maluku Police chief Brig. Gen. Murad Ismail was promoted to Mobile Brigade (Brimbob) chief, while North Sumatra Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Ilham Salahuddin will serve as his replacement.

Meanwhile, East Nusa Tenggara Police chief Brig. Gen. Endang Sunjaya will serve as Region III Inspector at the General Supervision Inspectorate, and will be replaced by Brig. Gen. Widiyo Sunaryo of the National Police's International Relations Unit.

West Sumatra Police chief Bambang Sri Herwanto was assigned as Police Academy program director, while Brig. Gen. Basarudin, head of the Personnel Treatment Bureau at the National Police's Human Resources Unit, will assume his post.

Lampung Police chief Brig. Gen. Edward Syah Pernong will serve as main policy analyst in the National Police's expert team, and is set to be replaced by Brig. Gen. Ike Edwin, deputy chief of the South Sulawesi Police.

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