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DEN Leadership Recommends Refinements to Corruption Eradication Law

22 October 2026, 12:12 WIB

Nawir Arsyad Akbar,

Tim Kompas.com

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Officials arranging evidence in the form of confiscated money post-press conference on the handling of alleged Money Laundering (TPPU) and Corruption (TPK) cases related to palm oil plantation activities of PT Duta Palma Group at the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, Thursday (8/5/2025). The Attorney General's Office seized Rp479 billion from two subsidiaries of PT Darmex Plantations related to TPPU allegations connected to the corruption case of PT Duta Palma Group.(ANTARA FOTO/Dhemas Reviyanto)

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Moreover, criminal accountability and restitution for state financial losses will continue to apply.

What is being refined is the method of proving the elements of the criminal offenses, not the existence of state financial loss.

Additionally, the scope of corruption eradication will be expanded through the incorporation of UNCAC offenses not yet covered by national law, including bribery of foreign public officials.

Luhut explained that legal certainty is an essential prerequisite in the government's efforts to accelerate investment and maintain growth momentum.

DEN cites the 2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes, which shows that the application of the rule of law has the strongest correlation with prosperity and long-term economic growth.

On the other hand, Luhut noted that the enforcement of anticorruption measures currently remains uncertain and not fully effective.

In recent years, several corruption cases have sparked public debate and attracted international scrutiny.

Indonesia ratified UNCAC through Law No. 7 of 2006, yet the adoption of the convention's standards into national law has not been comprehensive.

One example is the lack of regulation concerning bribery of foreign public officials.

Additionally, the refinement of the Tipikor Law is also a follow-up to the Constitutional Court (MK) Decisions No. 142/PUU-XXII/2024 and No. 28/PUU-XXIV/2026.

In its rulings, MK assessed that the application of Articles 2 and 3 of the Tipikor Law is currently generating inconsistencies for law enforcement officials and requested lawmakers prioritize a comprehensive review and consider remaking these two articles.

"Legal certainty is one of the main prerequisites for economic growth, and cross-country data over the past three decades consistently demonstrates this. The refinement of the Tipikor Law is not intended to weaken anticorruption efforts, but rather to ensure its enforcement is certain, just, and aligned with international standards," Luhut asserted.