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More drug dealers to be shot dead: Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency chief

National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso (right)
National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said that investigators would continue to shoot on site suspected drug dealers who refused to surrender.

“People said that the BNN cannot shoot on the spot. Why not?” he said at Merdeka Square in Medan, North Sumatra, on Thursday.

According to the BNN, 15,000 Indonesians die every year because of drugs. Budi said that because of this statistic, "stern actions" against drug dealers were justifiable.

The majority of drug dealers, Budi said, were repeat offenders after serving prison terms.

“There are too few drug dealers who are dead, while they have killed thousands of people,” he said.

Therefore, Budi emphasized that he would not care about criticism against the policy to shoot on site suspected drug dealers.

He encouraged all BNN officers across Indonesia to not hesitate to shoot suspects on the spot.

Medan Metropolitan Police chief Sr. Comr. Sandi Nugroho said there were 42 suspects who were shot dead by the police in Medan in the past 10 months.

"This fact should have been a warning to the dealers but illegal drug distribution seems to remain rampant," Sandi told The Jakarta Post.

Source: Jakarta Post, October 19, 2017


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