No remission for drug traffickers

Besides being the most democratic country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia apparently is also a humanitarian and religious country.

The sentence remissions given to prisoners on Independence Day and at the end of Ramadhan and other religious days again prove that this country upholds human rights.

This humanitarianism is duly ignored by those countries that still hold stereotypes of Indonesia and that interfere in the affairs of other countries.

As for the case of the Bali nine and their ilk, the Indonesian courts should not cut their sentences. The courts should show the world the Indonesian government is serious about cracking down on drugs.

Drugs will make our young people stupid and unproductive. Slowly but surely drugs will gnaw away at this nation.

So, there should be no remissions or clemency for drug traffickers like the Bali nine.

Furthermore, the Australian government should do more to prevent its citizens from trafficking drugs to Indonesia, otherwise they will remain in jail or get the death sentence in Indonesia. Australia and Indonesia must cooperate to fight the drug trade.

Remission yes, but not for drug traffickers.

Y. SAPUTRA, Tasikmalaya, West Java