Hasty Efforts to Pass a New Criminal Code

The government is lobbying a number of circles so that the Criminal Code Bill can be passed as soon as possible. Some problematic articles pose a danger to democracy and privacy rights remain intact.

Hussein Abri Dongoran

July 25, 2022

ON his trip to the House of Representatives (DPR) on Friday, July 1, Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej met with the leaders and some members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Faction. He made a presentation about the Criminal Code Bill or RKUHP during this meeting held on the seventh floor of the Nusantara 1 Building in the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

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