General Da'i Bachtiar, AO receives Adjunct Professorship award from Australia’s Edith Cowan University

The Australian Embassy congratulates Police General Da’i Bachtiar, President of the Indonesia Crime Prevention Foundation and former Chief of the Indonesian National Police for his awarding of an Adjunct Professorship from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.

The award which was presented by Professor Kerry Cox, the Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University today was in recognition for General Bachtiar’s contribution to combating global crimes, particularly in the areas of terrorism, drug and human trafficking.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Greg Moriarty who attended the Award Ceremony explained that General Bachtiar’s past role as Chief of the Indonesian National Police was instrumental in establishing police cooperation between the two countries.

“This successful partnership between our police laid the practical foundation for cooperation between Australian and Indonesian authorities to investigate several major terrorist attacks in Indonesia,” said Ambassador Moriarty. He went on to say that “General Bachtiar’s successes in many ways reflect the story of the strong security relationship between our two countries today”.

In 2003 the Australian Government recognised General Bachtiar’s service to Australia – specifically his role in establishing a joint investigation taskforce following the Bali bombing in 2002 – by awarding him an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.

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