Police Chief: The Handling Of The ITE Law Cases Will Be More Selective

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said he would be more selective in prosecuting cases involving human rights and the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law. Later in handling case elements, persuasiveness will be prioritized.

"The law enforcement process takes into account human rights issues. The problem with the ITE law is also a note that in the future we can really carry out law enforcement selectively by prioritizing education, prioritizing persuasiveness, and then we are trying to take rhetorical steps justice", said General Listyo Sigit at National Police Headquarters, Monday, February 15.

The National Police Chief explained that the handling of the two cases, said Listyo Sigit, was to minimize or suppress the occurrence of mutual reporting. Problems that occur related to the ITE Law should have been resolved in a friendly manner.

"This is also to ensure that the use of articles that are considered rubber articles in the ITE Law, which of course have the potential to be later used to report or report to one another, or better known as criminalizing under the ITE Law, can be suppressed and controlled in the future", he explained.

Besides, the handling of the two elements of the case is more selective so that the use of social media can be better and more ethical. But that doesn't mean the police won't take criminal offenses related to ITE.

If the criminal offense in the case is deemed unsolvable, of course, firm action will continue.

"Of course there will be preventive, persuasive steps that are educational in nature, which of course we will put forward about this", he said.