The National Police Issues Instructions On The ITE Law: Now Only Victims Can Report

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan / middle (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The National Police Headquarters (Mabes) issued instructions to all staff regarding the handling of the Law on Information, Transactions, and Electronics (ITE) cases.

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Police Chief Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan, said the instruction was related to the reporting process. Where only direct victims can make ITE case reports.

"So the person reporting must be the victim, not represented. So if the victim is B, then the reporter is B, not A", said Ramadhan to reporters, Thursday, February 18.

Later this instruction will serve as a guide for investigators and investigators. This way, ITE cases can be screened which must be thoroughly investigated or resolved in a friendly manner.

"The guideline will later be used as a guide for Police investigators in the field when receiving reports so that investigators must carry out research as well as possible, reports that are complaints",  said Ramadhan.

Previously it was reported, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said he would be more selective in prosecuting cases involving human rights and the 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 justice steps", said Listyo Sigit.

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 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.