(EPA Photo)JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with a narcotics emergency facing the country. "Be firm, especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country and resist arrest. Widodo has previously been criticised for ordering executions of convicted drug traffickers who were given a death penalty by the court. Friday's shooting order from Widodo came a week after Indonesian police shot dead a Taiwanese man in a town near Jakarta. After the incident, Indonesian National Police chief Tito Karnavian was quoted as saying he had ordered officers not to hesitate shooting drug dealers who resist arrest.

Source: Bangkok Post July 22, 2017 09:00 UTC