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DPR Fast-Tracks RUU KUHAP: When the Law Becomes the Trap
What Actually Happened
| # | Claim | Date | Entities | Source |
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| 1 | On 14 November 2025, a commission of Indonesia's DPR agreed to advance the revised Criminal Procedural Code (RUU KUHAP) to a plenary vote. | DPR, RUU KUHAP | Kompas.com (archived) | |
| 2 | The plenary vote for RUU KUHAP was scheduled for 18 November 2025. | RUU KUHAP, DPR | Katadata (archived) | |
| 3 | The announcement of the RUU KUHAP advancement was condemned by a coalition of civil society organizations. | RUU KUHAP, Civil Society Organizations | Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (republishing YLBHI press release) (archived) | |
| 4 | The RUU KUHAP draft allows investigators to arrest and detain individuals before a crime is confirmed. | RUU KUHAP, Investigators | Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (republishing YLBHI press release) (archived) | |
| 5 | The RUU KUHAP draft allows investigators to arrest and detain individuals before anyone is named a suspect. | RUU KUHAP, Investigators | Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (republishing YLBHI press release) (archived) | |
| 6 | Critics describe the new investigative methods in RUU KUHAP as entrapment, or inducing individuals to commit a crime. | RUU KUHAP, Investigative Methods | BBC News Indonesia (archived) | |
| 7 | The RUU KUHAP draft permits phone surveillance without judicial permission. | RUU KUHAP | BBC News Indonesia (archived) | |
| 8 | The RUU KUHAP draft permits blocking bank accounts without judicial permission. | RUU KUHAP | BBC News Indonesia (archived) | |
| 9 | The RUU KUHAP draft permits seizing assets without judicial permission. | RUU KUHAP | Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (republishing YLBHI press release) (archived) | |
| 10 | The latest version of the RUU KUHAP draft is not available on the DPR’s official website. | RUU KUHAP, DPR | Kompas TV (archived) | |
| 11 | The DPR's plenary session passed RUU KUHAP into law on 18 November 2025 as scheduled, despite student protests and criticism from a civil-society coalition at the session itself. | DPR, RUU KUHAP | CNN Indonesia (archived) | |
| 12 | The new law (Undang-Undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2025) took effect on 2 January 2026, alongside the new national criminal code (KUHP). | RUU KUHAP, KUHP | Sekretariat Negara (State Secretariat) (archived) | |
| 13 | In February 2026, twelve petitioners — including two people who were made suspects during the May Day 2025 labor protest — filed a judicial review at the Constitutional Court challenging the new KUHAP's investigator search/seizure and 'other lawful actions' provisions as unconstitutionally vague. | RUU KUHAP, Constitutional Court | CNN Indonesia (archived) | |
| 14 | On 16 March 2026 the Constitutional Court declined to rule on the merits of that petition, finding the petitioners lacked legal standing because their criminal cases had been processed under the old code before the new KUHAP's effective date. | Constitutional Court, RUU KUHAP | CNN Indonesia (archived) |