Corruption court bill passed, retains KPK’s right to prosecute

The Indonesian House of Representatives passed Tuesday the much-debated corruption court bill into law, thus laying the legal foundation for a permanent corruption court.

Bowing to public pressure, the new law grants the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) the continued right to prosecute graft cases, as well as maintains the antigraft body’s right to wiretap graft suspects during investigations.

The House had been split over the two contentious issues, with many looking to curtail the powers of the KPK.

The Constitutional Court ruled in 2006 that the existing Corruption Court had no legal basis, and gave the House and government until December 2009 to pass a law to justify the court’s continued presence.

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