Indonesian Legal Expert Who Often Appears At ILC, Prof. JE Sahetapy Passed This Morning

JAKARTA - Prof. Dr. Jacob Elfinus Sahetapy SH, MA or known as JE Sahetapy, passed away this morning.

Prof. JE Sahetapy, who often appears at the Indonesia Lawyers Club (ILC), is reported to have died today, Tuesday, September 21 at 07.00.

The news was conveyed by his colleague who is also a former minister in the Jokowi-JK cabinet, Rizal Ramli.

"My deepest condolences for the loss of my friend, man of integrity, Prof. JE Sahetapy. Comrade in arms against the authoritarian system. May He Rest in Peace," wrote Rizal on his Twitter account.

The legal expert whose full name is Prof. Dr.Jacob Elfinus Sahetapy, SH, MA died at the age of 89 years.

Prof. Sahetapy was born June 6, 1932, the deceased was a legal expert in Indonesia, and the father of four sons and daughters had served as Chairman of the Indonesian Law Commission for the period 2000-2014.

His actions were not only dealing with the world of education, but he also had time to enter the world of politics by becoming a member of the DPR-RI for the 1999-2004 period, from the PDI-P faction.

To note, Prof. Sahetapy is also a professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga.