Jakarta, Feb. 24 -- Police observer Poengky Indarti has called for strict criminal sanctions against police personnel involved in drug cases to create a deterrent effect and prevent similar misconduct by other officers.

"The imposition of severe criminal penalties, including the death penalty and life imprisonment, is expected to provide a shock therapy," she said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

According to Poengky, law enforcement should also apply multiple charges so that perpetrators are not only sentenced to prison terms but also financially impoverished.

"In addition to being charged under the Narcotics Law or the Psychotropics Law, perpetrators should also be charged under the Money Laundering Law to impoverish the perpetrators and their...