The Jakarta Post

INDONESIA: Police Chief hails death sentence for drug traffickers

In light of the increasing rate of drug abuse cases nationwide, National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar expressed support on Friday for the imposition of the death sentence on traffickers.

"It's proper to impose a severe punishment on drug traffickers -- the maximum should be the death sentence. And I'm glad that our judges have started to find the courage to impose the death sentence on them," Da'i said as quoted by Antara afterinstalling Comr. Gen. Nurfaizi as the new Chairman of the National Narcotics Coordination Agency (BKNN) here.

Da'i expressed the hope that the Agency would have the operational authority to immediately deploy police units, such as detectives corps, to handle drug cases.