Comparison of Justice Collaborator Law in Indonesia and Thailand: Regulation and Case Handling

Abstract

Justice collaborator is actually held to provide appreciation to perpetrators who cooperate in uncovering a crime in the form of reduced sentences or legal protection, so that the disclosure of a crime committed by law enforcement officers can be resolved more quickly.

optimal, but in some countries there are states that regulate this Justice collaborator is specifically regulated in legislation specifically made regarding Justice collaborator, there are also those that regulate it generally in witness protection laws, such as those regulated in The Witness Protection Act BE 2546 of 2003, which is known in the regulation, the regulation regarding Justice collaborator is not regulated and mentioned specifically, however protection for parties who cooperate with law enforcement can receive special treatment ranging from physical protection, to reduced sentences if involved in a criminal act. This seems similar to the Justice Collaborator regulation regulated in Indonesia through Law Number 31 of 2014 and Circular Letter of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4 of 2011. However, there are actually many differences both in terms of legal regulations and the practice of Justice Collaborators between Indonesia and Thailand, and will be further discussed in this study. This study uses a normative juridical research method, with secondary data in the form of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials. The results of the study indicate that there are differences in the existence of the term justice collaborator in regulations in Indonesia and Thailand, however, conceptually, both Indonesia and Thailand have the same concept and type of regulation and appreciation for justice collaborators. The differences in methods and implementation for perpetrators who cooperate or justice collaborators between Indonesia and Thailand are in the form of protection, institutions authorized to provide determinations, international cooperation, and the concept of submission by perpetrators who wish to request cooperation with law enforcement.