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View all search resultsIndonesia has called for stronger regional cooperation to tackle drug trafficking through the ASEAN Seaport Interdiction Task Force (ASIFT) amid growing threats of international drug trafficking, a top minister said on Tuesday.
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has revealed hundreds of drug-related cases involving its own personnel in the first half of this year on the back of controversy surrounding the possible involvement of the institution in the illegal business of an executed drug kingpin.
Legal experts are calling for the government to give protection to prominent human rights activist Haris Azhar in light of recent charges made against him after his claims about the alleged involvement of top officials in drug trafficking.
The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has said it regretted the reporting of its coordinator Haris Azhar to the police for defamation, claiming there was no such intention behind its publication of the controversial statements of recently executed drug kingpin Freddy Budiman.
The Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police and National Narcotics Agency (BNN) are to investigate the testimony of executed drug convict Freddy Budiman, given to a human rights activist, alleging involvement of personnel from the three institutions in his international drug network.
Imprisonment is a waste of money. According to data from May collected by the Law and Human Rights Ministry, there were more than 13,000 drug users housed in prisons throughout Indonesia. If the living cost of every inmate each day is at least Rp 30,000 (US$2.25 ), then the total daily cost for all inmates could reach more than 390 million. What about in a year? Feel free to calculate it by yourself.
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