hadodi wroteAnybody who deals with drugs in Indonesia knows that there is the death penalty for such crime. If you take this risk you should not cry for amnesty.
If only it was that simple!
The Indonesian justice system is corrupt and judges are being investigated almost daily by KPK....so a fair trial is questionable. Someone, with money, can say you are a drug mule and whoosh....off with your head!
The AG recently halted the execution because clemency appeals had not been completed...but he authorised the death penalty of three whom the President, apparently, hadn't even received the clemency appeals, including Freddy Budiman...below is an editorial (Jakarta Post) which does bring suspicion into play.
"[I]The suspected involvement of members of the state apparatus in drug trafficking rings in the country, as shown in the recent arrest of soldiers and police officers for drug possession as well as aiding and abetting a drug syndicate, is nothing new. But the confession of convicted drug trafficker Freddy Budiman before his execution last week should not be taken lightly.
As told by Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) chairman Haris Azhar, Freddy claims to have paid a whopping Rp 450 billion (US$34 million) to National Narcotics Agency (BNN) officials and Rp 90 billion to individual police and customs and excise officials while running his illicit business.
The problem is the key witness, Freddy, is now dead, impeding any investigation into the alleged flow of money to the state apparatus or institutions in the drug trafficking case. But this should not give the police an excuse to sweep the scandal under the rug. To prove Freddy’s revelation was simply an attempt to discredit the state institutions named, a credible investigation is needed.
On the other hand, Freddy’s account shows that the country’s war on drugs may have been undermined by certain individuals mandated to eradicate the crime. If we intend to transform the country into a hell for drug users and traffickers, we must overhaul the way we fight drugs."[/I]
