Lhokseumawe Police Encourages Tipiring Case To Be Solved Traditionally

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BANDA ACEH - Lhokseumawe Police, Aceh, encourages the settlement of cases of minor crimes (tipiring) in villages to be legally resolved by stakeholders in their respective regions.

"The customary law enforcement is in Article 14 of Aceh Qanun Number 9 of 2008, which regulates the procedures for resolving customary disputes," said Lhokseumawe Police Chief AKBP Henki Ismanto through the Head of the Lhokseumawe Police, AKP J Situmorang reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 12.

Situmorang said, in the qanun there were 18 cases of minor crimes that should have been resolved through the customary court in gampong (village), without the need to be processed to the police station.

It is explained in article 13 paragraph 3, that law enforcers provide an opportunity for disputes/disputes to be resolved traditionally in gampong by involving traditional stakeholders such as keuchik (village head), imum meunasah, tua ikut, secretary of gampong, ulama, scholars and other traditional leaders.

"If the gampong is not finished, the mukim level will be resolved with traditional stakeholders," he said.

However, he said, if there is a dispute at sea, it will be resolved by the Commander of Laot (sea) or the customary marine institution in Aceh.

If the case does not find a solution at the customary level, the victim can ask the village head for a certificate as the basis for continuing the police report, so that the matter can be followed up until there is legal certainty

"We hope that the tipiring cases can be resolved at the gampong level without having to go to the legal realm. But, if there is no solution, then it could lead to a legal process," he said.

He also hopes that customary law enforcement will resolve disputes in a more dignified and fair manner, according to the values of local wisdom that apply in Aceh.

"As law enforcement officers, we fully support the implementation of customary law which has become an integral part of the identity of the Acehnese people," said J Situmorang.

The cases at the gampong level that can be resolved by customary law are household problems, disputes between families related to faraidh, disputes between residents, khalwat (mesum), about property rights, theft in the family.

Then, dispute over secararekat assets, minor theft, theft of pets, traditional violations of livestock, agriculture, and forests, disputes at sea, markets, light persecution, forest fires (on a small scale that harms indigenous communities).

Furthermore, harassment, slander, incitement, and defamation, environmental pollution (light scale), threats (dependent from types of threats), other disputes that violate customs.