United Nations on Drugs and
Crime (UNODE) saw that there was not a single country in the world which could
serve as model of corruption eradication system in Indonesia. Improved
performance of the Police Force as initial step of corruption eradication
effort in Hong Kong some decades ago was not necessarily right to be adopted by
Indonesia. Duty of the Police Force as an institution in Indonesia was
different from that of nearly all countries in the world. “So there is not a
single system of any country in the world which is even close to the condition
in Indonesia. The reformation process of the Police in Hong Kong and Indonesia
could not be generalized. This is still only one aspect of the police function,
not as yet to mention the judiciary institution, the Ministry of State Apparatus
Reformation and Bureaucracy etc” Monica Tabuhandaru, Project Coordinator UNODO
disclosed to Business News (3/8).
Hong Kong was a country which had successfully reformed
their Police Force to fight corruption in Hong Kong some decades ago. Meanwhile
Singapore succeeded but it was thanks to the role of ex-Prime Minister Lee Kuan
Yew who always appeared simple in his daily Life. “Japan, Korea and America
also succeeded but the method are different than that in Hong Kong and
Singapore. Japan saw that corruption caused high cost to their export products.
Corruption could also cause poverty so it should be fought. In America
corruption is even regarded as equal to violation of Human Rights. Indonesia
could not simply adopt foreign ways, but in any country there are lessons
learned for the respective countries” Monica remarked.
The role of Police in Europe was way different from that
in Indonesia. The Police as security apparatus faced heavier challenges of
different aspects. Policemen were stations in certain regions where there was
not even a Court of Justice. So far judicial institutions were only existent up
to the level of residence and towns. “Meanwhile a policeman’s salary was only
around Rp 2 million and social complexity was mounting up. There were labor
conflicts, land disputes and other which were now spreading far into the rural
areas. But in big cities like Jakarta, police’s task was even more different.
UNODC once conducted intensive survey on police performance. It was unveiled
that there were sectoral police stations (station A) manned by 120 policemen,
but there were also other stations manned by 20 persons. “But UNODC survey
unveiled that Police Station B of 20 men performed better than police station A
of 120 men. The survey was not loosely run. We cannot mention the address of
the said station. Survey outcome underscores that reformation but also
leadership quality of the commanders”.
Meanwhile the Ministry of Maritime and Fishery (KKP) was
getting more serious about national strategy implementation on the prevention
of abuse and blackmarketing of narcotics (P4GN) such was in accordance with the
message of Presidential Instruction No. 12/2012. The National Board of
Narcotics (BNN) signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Minister of
Maritime and Fishery Sharif C. Sutardjo. “Drug abuse must be fought against in
tandem with post rehabilitation plan. Rehabilitation plan includes Logistics
provision, accompaniment and development of maritime and fishery techniques and
making of anti-drug cadres” Minister Sharif disclosed to Business News (13/8).
The Ministry of M & F and BNN planned to conduct
training sessions in maritime and fishery techniques for drug-abuse victims.
Those were the foundation and basic asset for both institutions to constantly
foster collaboration. The new modus of operandi of drug smuggling very often
used fishermen’s traditional boats. Quite frequently traditional fishermen were
used as couriers. A modus as such was using fishermen and ships crew who never
know the dangers of such of crime.
Indonesia being the world’s greatest archipelago had
numerous harbors, wharfs and quays used as gate of entry to accommodate traffic
of goods from other islands or countries. This Indonesian waters being
identified, there were at least 200 points of entry that could be used as
smuggling channels. Stringent control over small harbors would strengthen
control over international drugs traffic movement.
Business News - August 8, 2012
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