Da'i Bachtiar

Politician

Birthday January 25, 1951

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia

Age 73 years old

Nationality Indonesia

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1950

Da'i Bachtiar (born 25 January 1950) was Chief of the Indonesian National Police from 2001 to 2005.

2002

On 15 October 2002, he announced that Indonesian investigators at the scene of the Bali bombing had recovered traces of C-4 plastic explosives.

It is rumoured that there was rivalry between Bachtiar and intelligence chief Hendropriyono.

After Amrozi had been arrested Bachtiar had a face-to-face meeting with him.

Bachtiar laughed, shook hands and posed for photographs with Amrozi.

Currently Bachtiar holds positions as a Professor of Security & Counter-Terrorism at Edith Cowan University and Presidium Chairman of Indonesia Crime Prevention Foundation.