Indonesia’s Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh said the country would continue to impose the death penalty

Indonesia’s Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh said the country would continue to impose the death penalty for certain crimes, as it lacked competent law enforcement institutions. 
"I think the death penalty remains relevant," he said on the sidelines of a seminar on the death penalty sponsored by the European Union.
Unlike developed countries, Abdul Rahman argued, Indonesia was a poor country that could not provide free-of-charge medication for the rehabilitation of drug users.
"They are forced onto the streets (and increase the crime rate) while our police, prosecutors, penitentiaries and other law enforcers remain weak.
"If we abolished it, I'm afraid we would send the wrong message to drug traffickers," he said.
Abdul Rahman said his office would continue to impose the death penalty for cases involving drugs, corruption, human rights abuse, terrorism and treason.
"From 1945 to 2003, we only executed 15 convicts," he said.