JAKARTA – Indonesia’s police force, facing a public backlash following recent back-to-back scandals involving senior officers, should get its sweeping powers curbed, said analysts.
When the national police was carved out as a separate civilian organisation from the Suharto-era military in 2002, the National Police Law passed then endowed the force with wide-ranging powers.
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