President Joko Widodo’s comments echo those of Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has killed thousandsIndonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has told law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with what he called a “narcotics emergency” facing the country. “Be firm, especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country and resist arrest. Shoot them because we indeed are in a narcotics emergency position now,” Widodo said in a speech delivered at a political event late on Friday. Widodo has previously been criticised for ordering the execution of convicted drug traffickers who were given a death penalty by the court. After the incident, Indonesian national police chief Tito Karnavian was quoted by media as saying he had ordered officers not to hesitate shooting drug dealers who resist arrest.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2017 00:11 UTC