Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy...

Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy of upholding the death sentence for drug traffickers was politically motivated in a bid to defend the corrupt legal system that failed to stop trafficking in the first place. Munir, a cofounder of the National Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), accused the government of exploiting "someone's life" to woo support from people already suffering due to drugs. "Instead of being aimed to deter criminals, the government's decision to impose the death penalty is motivated by political interests as it chose the political momentum as 'the right time' to uphold the sentences," Munir told a press conference. Munir also criticized presidential candidates for promising to impose the death penalty on convicted corruptors.