Riau Governor Asks For Religious Debriefing In Prisons So That Prisoners Really Repent

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JAKARTA - Riau Governor Syamsuar asked prisons in his area to teach drug convicts a lesson with religious knowledge. So these convicts when released from serving their sentence, can truly repent and not repeat the same crime again.

"I am very concerned, the circulation of drugs in Riau is extraordinary, the Riau Police recently arrested 11 suspects for illegal drug trafficking in Riau and evidence of 80 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in a number of locations in Riau Province. This is very worrying," Syamsuar said Friday, January 21.

Riau Governor Syamsuar had time to ask one of the suspected drug dealers. And the answer he got really surprised him.

"Just out and now caught again, of course, will go back to prison. Therefore, cooperation in eradicating drug trafficking in Riau must be strengthened again," he said.

In addition, the Prevention of Eradication of the Abuse of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics and Narcotics Precursors (P4GN) will be intensified, he added.

The governor emphasized that the Riau Provincial Government's collaboration with Danrem, Danlanal and Kapolda and BNN must be further strengthened. If you can't eradicate it completely, at least it can be reduced.

"We are ashamed, especially since the alleged perpetrators are our people who are all from the village. Because they are tempted to get big money, they still want to be dealers," he said.

"The assistance of the Head of the Riau Kemenkumham Regional Office, in particular, is expected to improve religious education and skills so that after leaving prison they do not come back again," said Syamsuar, quoted by Antara.