Academy of Strategic Management Journal (Print ISSN: 1544-1458; Online ISSN: 1939-6104)

Abstract

Criminal Law Politics in Handling the Cases of Cybercrime in Indonesia

Author(s): Fany Sri Yiniartie, Dose Hudaya, Eni Dasuki Suhardini, Sujasmin

The article aims to find out how the law in Indonesia enforces the law on cyber crime within the policy politics system of criminal law. The research has employed normative juridical method and used field data as the data for the research. The cybercrime case has increased significantly in number in 2020 compared to that in 2019. The data show that the highest number of cybercrime case type is the case of spreading provocative content. The politics of criminal law to handle cybercrime case in Indonesia is firmly regulated in Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP) (Criminal Code) which regulates the various modus of criminal acts, in Law No. 36 of 1999 concerning Telecommunication, Law No 8 of 1997 concerning Company Documents, Law No. 25 of 2003 concerning Change on Law No 15 of 2002 concerning Money Laundry, Law No. 15 on Terrorism Acts Eradication, and in Law No. 11 of 2008 on Information and Electronic Transaction.

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