Jakarta, Aug. 22 -- President Prabowo Subianto wants Indonesia to be the "killing ground" and graveyard for drug dealers and networks, a senior security official said.

"As President Prabowo told Coordinating Minister (Budi Gunawan), he wants Indonesia to be the 'killing ground' for drug dealers and networks," said Lt. Gen. Mochamad Hasan, Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs, on Friday.

To carry out the president's message, the ministry encouraged all people to unite in the war against drugs and never show any compromise to them.

Hasan expressed optimism that Indonesia will never be conquered by drugs since "we are facing them with the law and undeterred spirit and will".

He explained that to pool ...