Commission III Of The House Of Representatives Continues To Godok Revision Of The Criminal Procedure Code, Habiburokhman: We Are Looking For The Most Fit Point

Illustration of the DPR Commission III working meeting (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Habiburokhman, emphasized that his party continues to discuss the revision of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) until it matures so that law enforcement in Indonesia can be fair. One of them is related to the conditions for the detention of the perpetrators of criminal acts that are made as effective as possible.

This was conveyed by Habiburokhman in response to a number of students who provided input on the Criminal Procedure Code in a Public Hearing Meeting (RDPU) with the Archipelago Student Alliance, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, October 15.

"Regarding the terms of detention, we carried out a massive overhaul, if in the Criminal Procedure Code the person can be detained because it is feared that he will run away, it is feared that he will repeat the crime, it is feared that he will lose evidence. The three of them are only based on very subjective concerns," said Habiburokhman.

"We make things as objective as possible, not if we are worried again but trying to run away, trying to commit a crime, trying to eliminate evidence and then giving inappropriate information, influencing witnesses to speak not according to facts and so on. And there are several points that are now more objective even though they have not been ratified, the draft is like that," he continued.

However, Habiburokhman said that Commission III of the DPR also received the opposite criticism, where the handling of criminal acts was too difficult.

"Because this crime is not only a structural crime such as activists committing general crimes, it is not like that, but the Criminal Procedure Code regulates criminal acts in general, there are people who steal, commit crimes of theft, there are criminal acts of corruption, criminal acts of fraud and so on regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code," explained Habiburokhman.

"If the handling is made very difficult, such as the existing draft, many have also started to protest. For example, yesterday in East Jakarta, in Cakung, there was a bakery boss, right, he hit his female employee, public expectations were detained directly, because CCTV hit him using a printer, was thrown at the girl, public expectations asked her to be detained. But according to the new Criminal Procedure Code as long as the person did not run away, as long as he did not commit a crime, did not lose evidence that did not affect the sanctions not to speak according to facts, he was silent, he couldn't be arrested, "explained Habiburokhman.

"But if you're not detained like yesterday, Mr. community, how come it's not fair, it's clear that you've committed a crime but not detained," he added.

Likewise, cases that cause people to die, such as the Ronal Tannur case in Surabaya. Where he ran over the victim by car.

"It's been that bad, if you don't meet the qualifications for the crime earlier, don't run away, 'yes, I'm just at home, I'm not going anywhere, I didn't lose any evidence', he couldn't be arrested," said Habiburokhman.

The Gerindra legislator from the DKI Jakarta I electoral district said that currently the dynamic process that is taking place in Commission III is still very complex. Because Commission III makes laws that regulate all types of criminal acts.

"Don't think that we only regulate criminal acts involving activists, not only these articles. That's why we will continue to investigate this, we will find the most appropriate point in order for the Criminal Procedure Code to truly become the backbone of law enforcement," concluded Habiburokhman.