Jakarta, March 18 -- National Police (Polri) Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo elevated the ranks of three police officers who were fatally shot during a raid on a cockfighting arena in Way Kanan District, Lampung, on Monday.

"Mr Polri chief gives the utmost appreciation to all police personnel, and he has decided to advance the ranks of the three officers who died in the incident," Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, Head of the Public Information Bureau of the Public Relations Division, remarked.

Addressing the media in South Jakarta on Tuesday, Andiko identified the three deceased officers as Chief of the Negara Batin Sector Police First Inspector Lusiyanto, Chief Brigadier Petrus Apriyanto, and Second Brigadier M. Ghalib Sury...