Inspector General Nico Afinta Replaces Fadil Imran As Head Of East Java Police

East Java Regional Police Chief Inspector General Pol M Fadil Imran while delivering a speech at an activity in Surabaya some time ago (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Inspector General Nico Afinta replaces Inspector General Mohammad Fadil Imran as Head of East Java Regional Police. Meanwhile, Fadil Imran was appointed as Kapolda Metro Jaya replacing Inspector General Nana Sudjana.

This is based on the Head of Police's Telegram Letter Number: ST / 3222 / XI / KEP. / 2020 dated 16 November 2020.

Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, said that transfer of positions is a natural thing in the police, as a form of refreshment and improvement of human resources.

"Yes, job transfer is a need for organization and personnel refreshment to improve Human Resources and increase protection, protection and services to the community," Truno said, his nickname in Surabaya, as reported by Antara, Monday, November 16.

Meanwhile, Inspector General Nico Afinta previously served as Head of South Kalimantan Police since May 2020 replacing Inspector General Pol Fadil Imran. He is a high-ranking police officer who has experience in the field of investigation.

The man who was born on April 30, 1971 from Surabaya is also a 1992 Police Academy graduate and had served as the Chief of Police's Social and Political Staff.

Meanwhile, the Head of the National Police's Public Relations Division, Inspector General Pol Argo Yuwono, said the change was a sanction for the two Heads of Police (Metro Jaya and West Java), for not enforcing regulations regarding the COVID-19 health protocol in their area.

"There are two police chiefs who do not carry out orders to enforce health protocols, so they will be given sanctions in the form of dismissal, namely the Head of the Metro Jaya Police. Then the second is the West Java Police Chief," Argo said at a press conference in Jakarta.