After decades of debate, Indonesia replaced the Dutch colonial-era criminal code. The government calls it “more humane, modern" for the country’s justice system, with alternatives to prison. Human ...

JAKARTA: Indonesian lawmakers have passed a sweeping revision to the Criminal Procedure Code, which they said would modernise an outdated justice system by speeding up prosecutions and aligning legal ...

Corporate Crime And Its UBO Under Indonesia’s New Penal Code And Criminal Procedures. Legal News and Analysis - Indonesia - ...

Indonesia’s Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas acknowledged there was a risk the new laws could be abused by authorities. (AFP pic) Indonesia’s new criminal code, which will make ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Muhammad Fikry had just finished his prayers when several officers seized him in Tambelang subdistrict, Bekasi Regency, West Java, in July 2021. Without saying a word, police ...

Indonesia has introduced a new criminal code to replace laws inherited from the Dutch colonial era. Green Left’s Peter Boyle spoke to Rudi Hartono, managing editor of the Indonesian progressive ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) are entering into effect today, January 2, 2026. Both legal instruments are being implemented simultaneously ...

The new code, passed in 2022, has replaced the colonial-era penal code introduced by the Dutch before 1945.

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s new criminal code, which will make crimes of premarital sex and insulting the state when it takes effect on Jan 2, will need public oversight to help prevent abuse of the law, a ...