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Indonesia: National Narcotics Agency Chief Budi Waseso warns celebrities to quit drug trafficking rings or risk being shot dead
Indonesia’s drug war is still far from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s in terms of the extrajudicial killings of drug traffickers, but some people in Indonesia, such as National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Chief Budi Waseso, seem to want to push the country towards that direction (Waseso having often voiced his admiration for Duterte’s violent approach to eradicating narcotics).
Yesterday, Waseso reiterated his tough stance on drugs by saying that his officers would have no problems shooting drug traffickers if they resist arrest, and no one is exempt from this – not even celebrities.
“We will act sternly. We don’t want a celeb to become an example because we have to shoot them for resisting arrest,” Waseso said, as quoted by CNN Indonesia.
“Dying (from drug trafficking) is a risk and consequence. I will not treat (celebrities) differently.”
Waseso’s warning comes amid an increase in the arrests of celebrities for drug possession or use in Indonesia. So far in 2017, at least 7 high profile celebrities, including actor Tora Sudiro and musician Ello, have been arrested for possession of illegal narcotics.
Indonesia does not condone extrajudicial killings of drug traffickers, but President Joko Widodo in July said that authorities should shoot drug traffickers, including foreigners, “if they resist even the slightest” in order to combat a “drug emergency” in the country.
There has been an upswing in the number of fatal shootings of drug traffickers in Indonesia in 2017, at least in terms of media coverage. In the first 7 months of this year, 49 drug traffickers were reportedly shot dead by authorities, compared to 14 and 10 in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
The death penalty for drug trafficking saw increasing use during the early part of President Joko Widodo’s administration. Although the country’s execution of local and foreign drug traffickers drew strong criticism from other countries and rights groups, Jokowi’s administration seems intent on reasserting its violent stance against drug trafficking despite it, statistically, not reducing the amount of illegal narcotics being trafficked in the country.
Source: Coconut Jakarta, August 23, 2017
Malaysia Turns Blind Eye to Smuggling of Narcotics Into Indonesia: BNN Chief
Jakarta. The chief of the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said on Wednesday (23/08) in Jakarta that Malaysia is deliberately letting drug traffickers smuggle narcotics into Indonesia.
Budi said approximately 100 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, locally known as sabu, come into Indonesia each month from Malaysia.
"There are two drug syndicates from Malaysia that are involved. I can say that Malaysia is making it easier for drug smugglers to send narcotics into our country," Budi said.
BNN seized 17.54 kilograms of sabu in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Aug. 6 and killed two suspects who resisted arrest.
According to officials from the Customs and Excise Office, the suspected drug traffickers shot in Pontianak are linked to another group that was raided with a ton of sabu in Serang, West Java, in July.
On Aug. 18, the agency also seized 40 kilograms of sabu on a ship in waters off Aceh. One of the suspected drug traffickers was a member of the Indonesian Military (TNI).
Budi said these recent incidents prove there is a Malaysian drug trafficking network that repeatedly smuggles narcotics into Indonesia.
According to him, the Malaysian suspects who were arrested in Pontianak, Luh aka Ape and CKH aka Ahoe also tried to bribe BNN officials with Rp 10 billion ($750,000) in cash.
Budi stressed he will not hesitate to punish BNN staff if they are caught getting involved with drug dealers.
"If necessary, we will shoot them on site, if we are sure that they are assisting the drug dealers. In 2016, we seized 3.5 tons of sabu, but this year the number has dramatically increased," he said, adding that he had begun investigating Malaysian drug traffickers when he was still chief of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) in 2015.
"Malaysia is deliberately letting their drug dealers to take advantage of our border areas. They do not distribute the drugs in large quantity at once, a ton can be split over several areas in Indonesia," Budi added.
Meanwhile, the director general of the Customs and Excise Office, Heru Pambudi, said the Malaysian drug dealers are targeting small ports to deliver their drugs into Indonesia.
"We are working with other agencies to monitor these ports closely and stop the drugs from coming into Indonesia," Heru said.
Source: Jakarta Globe, Carlos Roy Fajarta, August 23, 2017
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