KY Encourages Law Enforcement Supervision Regulated In The Criminal Procedure Code Bill
The Judicial Commission (KY) proposes that supervision of law enforcement officers (APH) should be a serious concern and include in the Draft Law (RUU) concerning Amendments to Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning Criminal Procedure Law (KUHAP).
Chairman of the Judicial Commission Amzulian Rifai said that supervision of the behavior and actions of law enforcement officers must be at all levels of the judiciary, including strengthening supervision of judges by KY.
"If necessary, supervision of law enforcement officers is regulated in separate chapters in the changes to the Criminal Procedure Code," Amzulian said during a meeting with Commission III of the DPR RI at the parliament complex, Jakarta, Monday, February 10, which was confiscated by Antara.
Amzulian said that the current Criminal Procedure Code only regulates the supervision of court decisions. In fact, abuse of authority by law enforcement officers could have occurred since the investigation.
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In addition, he also proposed that changes to the Criminal Procedure Code also regulate the protection of the rights of suspects and defendants, particularly related to access in case examinations at the stage of legal appeal, cassation, or review (PK).
The chairman of KY stated that case examinations are generally declared open to the public and can be followed by anyone, unless the law determines otherwise. However, so far, the examination of cases at the stage of legal remedies has been carried out on a limited basis by the panel of judges who examine it.
"The Judicial Commission receives many requests from the public so that case supervision can be carried out at the appeal level or PK," he said.
In this regard, he revealed that so far what the Judicial Commission has done is limited to sending a letter to the court leadership or the Supreme Court with a request to pay attention to the handling of the case.
The Criminal Procedure Code Bill is included in the 2025 Priority National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) which will be discussed by Commission III of the DPR RI. The commission in charge of law enforcement officials stated that the discussion of the Criminal Procedure Code Bill was very important considering that the new Criminal Code Law would be implemented on January 2, 2026.