The Attorney General's Office On Criminal Settlement With Peaceful Fines: Cases That Lose The State's Economy

Kapuspenkum AGO Harli Siregar (center) at the Jakarta AGO Building, Wednesday 6 November 2024. (ANTARA)

The Head of the Hukun Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung), Harli Siregar explained about the settlement or pardon of perpetrators of criminal acts through peaceful fines.

It is said that the pardon with a peaceful fine is only applied to perpetrators of economic crimes.

This is in accordance with Article 35 paragraph 1 letter K of Law number 11 of 2021 concerning the Indonesian Attorney General's Office which states that the Attorney General has the task and authority to handle criminal acts that cause state economic losses, and can use peaceful fines in economic crimes based on laws and regulations.

"The peaceful settlement referred to in this article is for sectoral laws that harm the country's economy and are included in economic crimes, such as customs, excise, and others," said Harli to VOI, Tuesday, December 24.

As for corruption or corruption cases, they will act properly. This means that the perpetrators will still be prosecuted or criminalized.

This refers to Articles 2 and 3 of the Corruption Crime Act. Thus, there is no pardon for corruptors with a peaceful fine.

"From the technical aspect of juridicals, corruption is not included in the observable for a peaceful fine referred to in Article 35 (1) letter k, unless there is a definition that includes corruption as an economic crime," said Harli.

Apart from that, Harli again conveyed a peaceful fine in this context which means stopping cases outside the court by paying fines approved by the Attorney General for economic crimes.

Meanwhile, the devinition of economic crimes as stated in Article 1 of Law number 7 of 1955.