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National scene: Kontras says Budi will cause trouble again
JAKARTA: A rights group, the Commission for Missing Person and Victims of Violence (Kontras), warned that the newly inaugurated National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr
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AKARTA: A rights group, the Commission for Missing Person and Victims of Violence (Kontras), warned that the newly inaugurated National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso would continue making controversial moves in the future.
Kontras chairman Haris Azhar said that Budi would implement policies based on his chances of continuing to make headlines.
Haris was particularly concerned with Budi's recent statement that he would send all drug users to prison.
'I'm concerned that he was being too emotional and this way he would only create commotion and he would only make himself more popular,' Haris said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Soon after being inaugurated, Budi said that he would review all laws related to drugs.
According to a report by kompas.com on Tuesday, Budi said that eradicating drugs should include reviewing the laws related to it, since regulations that are not yet perfect can be an obstacle for BNN in performing its duties.
Budi said that he would propose a revision to Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics, especially Article 54, which states that social and medical rehabilitation must be provided to drug addicts and victims of drug abuse.
