Airlines to be involved in anti-drug campaign<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
\nJoop Ave said here yesterday that his office would require all
\ncommercial aircraft operating in the country to support the
\ngovernment's anti-drug campaign.<\/p>\n
Joop said airplanes would be required to announce shortly
\nbefore landing at the country's airports that Indonesia was
\ncombating drugs.<\/p>\n
Joop said his office would hold meetings with the immigration
\noffice of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of
\nTransportation to discuss the plan.<\/p>\n
\"This is my office's action to participate in the campaign
\nagainst drug abuse,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to Indonesia's six scheduled air carriers, there
\nare some 40 overseas airlines which fly to 19 international
\nairports in the archipelago.<\/p>\n
Other related tourist industries would also be involved in the
\nanti-drug campaign, Joop said after signing an agreement with
\nPutra Astaman of the Bersama Foundation.<\/p>\n
Under the agreement, the minister donated Rp 100 million
\n(US$28,000) to support the foundation's program in fighting
\ndrugs.<\/p>\n
Astaman, a retired police major general and chief of the
\nfoundation, also signed agreements with state-owned enterprises
\nsupervised by the Ministry of Tourism, Post and
\nTelecommunications.<\/p>\n
Joop said PT Pos Indonesia, for instance, could create a
\nspecial postage mark featuring the anti-drug campaign.<\/p>\n
\"The company usually handles about 600 million letters a year,
\nthe postage mark would be an effective way to fight drugs,\" he
\nsaid. \"There's a lot we can do if we really want to.\"<\/p>\n
In a related development, a member of the National Commission
\non Human Rights, Bambang W. Suharto, said the rights body would
\nintroduce the concept of the right to be free from drugs to
\ninternational, Asian and ASEAN human rights bodies. (icn)<\/p>",
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