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More drug dealers to be shot dead: BNN chief
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National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso (right) holds a package of crystal methamphetamine at Merdeka Square in Medan, North Sumatra, on Thursday. Drugs seized during police operations, including 191 kilograms of crystal meth, 43,000 ecstasy pills and 500 kg of marijuana, were destroyed at the square. (The Jakarta Post/Apriadi Gunawan)
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ational 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.
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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.
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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. (dra/bbs)
