Unless JokoWi (Indonesian President Joko Widodo) and the Indonesian government believe that Mary Jane Veloso is a one-woman international drug syndicate, or that she is the queen and ringleader of a global network of drug traffickers, refusing to use her as witness to bust the drug ring that ensnared her does not make any legal, political, moral sense, or resemble any kind of logic.
       The Indonesian government had been informed by the Philippine government (thru President Aquino) this morning that the recruiter who inveigled Mary Jane Veloso to carry the suitcase with the heroin embedded and hidden in a sewn compartment, was now in custody. The custodial investigation of this illegal recruiter leads to at least four more persons-of-interest in the inner layer of the drug ring. The Philippine government and the Indonesian government can even enter into a bilateral agreement for the sharing of information on evidence on this matter and for prosecutorial cooperation. Yet, the Indon government refuses to pay any kind of attention.
        Even from the point of view of criminal law and law enforcement procedure, using Mary Jane Veloso as witness would yield more useful and admissible evidence that could lead to the inner layer of the drug conspiracy.
       Executing her now closes that door forever.
       Unless that is the intent of the Indon government: To forever seal the door to the possibility of identifying the operators of this drug trafficking syndicate.
       The senselessness of this strategy on the part of the JokoWi government (killing the unwitting “courier” when she has information on her “recruiters” and when one of her recruiters is now in custody — and forever closing the door that leads to the inner layer of the drug syndicate) puts in doubt the sincerity of the Jokowi administration in dealing with the drug menace.