Criminal Justice & Legal System

March 2018

News/Aceh
CNN Indonesia – March 15, 2018

Ihsan Dalimunthe & Dika Dania Kardi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulama Council’s (MUI) Religious Outreach Commission chairperson, Cholil Nafis, agrees with a plan to apply beheadings (hukum pancung, qisas) for murderers whihh is currently being considered by the Aceh Islamic Law Office.

News/Aceh
Detik News – March 14, 2018

Agus Setyadi, ace – The Aceh Islam Law Office (DSI) is debating the application of Qisas – retributive justice – for perpetrators of crimes such as murder in order to push down crime rates which have been rising of late.

February 2018

News/Indonesia
Metro News – February 12, 2018

Jakarta (BM) – Protesters calling themselves the Civil Society Alliance Against the Draft Criminal Code (RUU KUHP) held a rally on Monday February 12 in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) rejecting the draft law which they say is anti-democratic.

April 2017

News/Indonesia
Kumparan – April 6, 2017

National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Commissioner General Budi Waseso or Buwas is furious with movements that want marijuana legalised saying that such a call is the same as betraying the nation.

February 2017

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 25, 2017

Kid: There's somebody who defiantly won't be able to get a good night's sleep right Dad! (Gun reads 'manipulation')

News/Indonesia
Harian Terbit – February 3, 2017

Jakarta, HanTer – The defence team of blasphemy defendant Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok has been accused of using black magic to influence proceedings during their client’s court hearings.

April 2016

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – April 27, 2016

Experts say that the government's repressive judicial system, which instead of providing rehabilitation tends to imprison drug suspects, is causing massive overcrowding with 183,000 prisoners detained in 477 penitentiaries that are designed to accommodate 118,000.

January 2016

News/Malaysia
CNN Indonesia – January 28, 2016

Yohannie Linggasari, Jakarta – Workers from a number of different communities demonstrated in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta today demanding that an Indonesian migrant worker named Rita Krisdianti who is facing the death sentence in Malaysia be released.

December 2015

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – December 5, 2015

Kid: Your Honor!... Aren’t closed sessions usually for hearings into pornography?

September 2015

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – September 23, 2015

Disgraced tax official Gayus Tambunan, serving a 30-year sentence for bribery, money-laundering and passport forgery, made waves yet again this week when a photo circulated online purporting to show him dining at a restaurant with two unidentified women in Jakarta.