Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) South Sumatra chapter chairman Sodikun has urged law enforcers to impose the death penalty for people found guilty of corruption, in the belief that capital punishment would help reduce the instances of such crimes.
“Too often we have seen corruption [convicts] given only light sentences. Only the death sentence can bring this type of crime under control,” Sodikum said Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
However, he said, the death sentence should only be applied for large-scale corruption convicts who have stolen large amounts of state money.
“Islam teaches us to be just, including in handing out punishments,” he said.
Besides corruptors, drug dealers and drug producers should also face the with death penalty, he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment