Drugs-free certificates needed

Drugs-free certificates needed

YOGYAKARTA (JP): The new Yogyakarta Police Chief Brig. Gen.
Saleh Saaf said Tuesday his office is planning to require drugs-
free certificates for those applying for driving license and
police clearance.

The measure is taken to reduce the use of drugs, he said in
front of executives of Muhammadiyah Muslim organization.

Expressing great concerns over the increasing use of drugs, he
had been determined to put drugs combat as his first priority in
carrying his job in the province.

"I therefore share the opinion that drug abusers and
traffickers should be given the highest sentence to make them
learn a lesson," said Saaf.

His office would discuss the implementation of the requirement
of drug-free certificates with local authorities, high schools
and universities, he said.

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, who was also
present at the meeting, said that over 50 percent of those jailed
in the provincial prison LP Wirogunan were involved in drugs.

"What is more concerning was that most of them were students,"
the governor said. (swa)