Declare war on drug traffickers ....
The drug menace is on the rise in terms of frequency and quantity of drugs smuggled into the country. It seems to me that the mandatory death penalty for drug smuggling does not deter a determined smuggler from bringing in drugs by the kilos. It also seems to me that there's also a conspiracy to weaken the country's security by undermining its youth and a long term one to destroy its sovereignty. Who the ultimate perpetrators are, are not known.
Every other day one comes across news of people being caught attempting to smuggle in drugs. Most of them are foreigners from Africa, Iran, South America, Indonesia, Thailand and so on. The amount of drugs run into the kilos.
A few days ago, at the Penang airport, an Indonesian was caught while trying to smuggle in 4 kilos of syabu worth about a million ringgit while another Indonesian, using a fast boat, was caught off Sabah for attempting to bring in 3.4 kilos of syabu worth RM 960,000.
The whole world knows that Malaysia was the first country to enact a law that mete out the death sentence for smuggling or distribution of drugs in the country. If one is found guilty of this crime, the sentence is death by hanging. There are no two ways about it. At one time, the West ridiculed the law and Hollywood made jokes about it. Gradually, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia a few other countries in South East Asia promulgated similar laws.
But now, despite these laws, drug smuggling and distribution in Malaysia go unabated and are on the rise.
Update 04/09/2012 Teusday: Since this article was written, there has been many cases of drug traffickers being caught by the Malaysian authorities but the one that prompted me to continue is this case about a West African (obviously a Nigerian) who has been here for a number of years and has even married a local woman. He is 50 years old and is still registered as a student [this info is enough to suspect him as one with potential for unsavoury activities, yet this somehow escaped the authority]. The police caught him and his wife in an apartment where they keep syabu and heroin worth millions for exports and local distribution. They used their apartment as a hub for other drug smugglers from Iran, Africa etc to store or keep in custody. What I am worried is that, knowing the curious and uncaring and insensitive, judicial system, the couple stand a good chance of escaping the gallows on a non prima facie case, much to the disappointement of the Police. And that's why I say to declare war on those who smuggle and distribute drugs into the country. Treat them as war criminals, much like spies were treated during war times, and shoot or hang them without the due process.
Update 04/09/2012 Teusday: Since this article was written, there has been many cases of drug traffickers being caught by the Malaysian authorities but the one that prompted me to continue is this case about a West African (obviously a Nigerian) who has been here for a number of years and has even married a local woman. He is 50 years old and is still registered as a student [this info is enough to suspect him as one with potential for unsavoury activities, yet this somehow escaped the authority]. The police caught him and his wife in an apartment where they keep syabu and heroin worth millions for exports and local distribution. They used their apartment as a hub for other drug smugglers from Iran, Africa etc to store or keep in custody. What I am worried is that, knowing the curious and uncaring and insensitive, judicial system, the couple stand a good chance of escaping the gallows on a non prima facie case, much to the disappointement of the Police. And that's why I say to declare war on those who smuggle and distribute drugs into the country. Treat them as war criminals, much like spies were treated during war times, and shoot or hang them without the due process.
posted by Richard Sorge @ 4:36 PM
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