The Novel Saga Continues

THE murder charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan have been suspended by the district attorney. The court hearing, which was supposed to be held last Tuesday at Bengkulu District Court, was canceled. The Attorney-General Office (AGO) withdrew the charges a week after documents containing the KPK investigator's case were submitted to the court.

Technically speaking, the case should have been dropped last Thursday, as it had already expired. To paraphrase Paragraph 78 Article 3 and Paragraph 79 of the Criminal Code, a crime with the threat of imprisonment of over three years shall be voided 12 years after it has taken place.

February 23, 2016

Tempo.co

Should the murder charges against KPK investigator Novel Baswedan be revoked?
Yes
	(73%)	1,228
No
	(25.6%)	430
Unsure
	(1.4%)	24
Total	(100%)	1,682

THE murder charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan have been suspended by the district attorney. The court hearing, which was supposed to be held last Tuesday at Bengkulu District Court, was canceled.

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