Friday, April 13, 2007

Acting IPDN rector inaugurated

JAKARTA (Antara)
Home Affairs Ministry Thursday carried out an inaugural ceremony for newly appointed acting rector of the Institute of Public Administration, or IPDN, Johanis Kaloh, whoreplaced I Nyoman Sumaryadi.
Nyoman was suspended from his position over the death of Cliff Muntu, the institute student from North Sulawesi, last week.
"The decision of Home Affair Minister (Widodo Adi Sucipto) is a follow-up of president's order (to carry out total reform in the institute)," said Ministry's Secretary General Progo Nurdjaman, who represented Widodo in the inauguration.
He repeated announcement that the institute would not recruit new students this year as part of the cooling down following the fatal beating.
He said the ministry would invite regional leaders to discuss the reform process in the institute. Cliff Muntu died last week after participating in a campus activity. The police has named seven suspects over the incident. (**)

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