Criminal Justice System

in Indonesia: Legal
Discourse
ARISTO PANGARIBUAN
 Recent Developments
Philosophy of Inquisitorial v. Adversarial
1. Justice Collaborator and Whistleblower (SEMA No.4/2011)
2. International Criminal Court

Pre-investigation, Investigation, Pre-prosecution and Prosecution

1. Sufficient Evidence (Putusan MK 21/2014)
2. Time Limitation
3. Anti Corruption Investigator
4. Anti Money Laundering Investigator
5. New Definition of Witnesses (Putusan MK 65/2010)
Recent Developments
Pre-Trial
1. Bachtiar Abdul Fatah v. Attorney General (No. 38/Pid.Prap/2012/PN.Jkt.Sel)
2. Putusan MK 21/2014 – Enactment of a Suspect fall within pretrial jurisdiction
3. PERMA 4/2016 – Pretrial judgment is a final and binding
Recent Developments
Trial Examination
1. New Definition of Witnesses (Putusan MK 65/2010)
2. Justice Collaborator and Whistleblower (SEMA No.4/2011)
3. Teleconference
4. In Absentia
5. Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK)
6. Ad-hoc Judges
Recent Developments
Judgment
1. Excerpt of the Judgment as a basis to execute (SEMA No.1/2011)
2. Drafting the Judgment Procedure/Minutes (SEMA 14/2010) – Use of Electronic Files
Recent Developments
Legal Remedies
1. Fugitive is not allowed to exercise their rights/in Absentia (SEMA no 6/1988)
2. Fugitive is not allowed to lodge PK. The applicant must be present (SEMA no 1/2012)
3. Prosecutor as an applicant for PK (UU 48/2009)
4. PK can be lodge for more than one time (Putusan MK 34/2013)
5. Supreme Court insisted that PK could only be lodged for one time (SEMA no.7/2014 and Law
48/2009 Judicial Authority)