Indonesian President Tells Police To Shoot Foreign Drug Dealers

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has instructed law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest, saying the country faces a "narcotics emergency".

Mr Widodo said in a speech at an event held by one of Indonesia's political parties;

"Be firm, especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country and resist arrest,"  

"Shoot them because we indeed are in a narcotics emergency position now."

Indonesia already has tough laws against drugs, and Mr Widodo has previously been criticised for ordering executions against convicted drug traffickers given death penalties in the country's courts.