TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - THE testimony of Ismail Bolong unveiled the role of Ferdy Sambo, a former two-star general and chief of the National Police Profession and Security Division. Ismail, a former intelligence officer with the Samarinda Regional Police in East Kalimantan, admitted to have been involved in illegal mining activities. To mask his wrongdoings, Ismail claimed he bribed regional police officers and the top brass at the Jakarta Police Headquarters. Later, a coal businessman behind Ismail who had been illegally mining coal had a run-in with the police. He is friends with Sambo who is presently on trial for premeditated murder of his own aide. Who are the other generals involved in the illegal mining ‘star war’?
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NATIONAL
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