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JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs as well as Chairman of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) Mahfud MD reminded the police to be careful when using firearms (senpi). He stated that the use of guns was allowed if there was a threat. Mahfud asked the police to consider carefully when using a gun. He did not want the authorities to use guns carelessly. "Police weapons are not meant to inflict pain on the community or even those suspected of committing crimes, but to protect the public and the police themselves when there is a threat that threatens life or physicality," Mahfud said at a conference held by Komnas HAM virtually on Monday. Thursday (10/2/2022). Mahfud advised the police not to use guns as a form of intimidation to the public....

JAKARTA -- Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna H Laoly said, when dealing with the law, not all people have the ability to finance legal aid. Therefore, the government through the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) will again run a free legal aid program for the poor in 2022. "This program is a form of implementing justice for the poor. This legal aid shows the role of the state in protecting and guaranteeing citizens' human rights to access to justice and equality before the law," Yasonna said in a written statement, Monday (7/2). According to Yasonna, this assistance is channeled through 619 Legal Aid Organizations (OBH) that have passed verification and accreditation as legal aid providers. He said, these 619 OBH are obliged to provide litigation and non-litigation...

MAKASSAR -- Illegal online loans (pinjol) are a challenge for the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and law enforcement, both from a criminal and civil perspective. This was stated by the Chairman of the Investment Alert Task Force Tongam L Tobing at the 'Legal or Illegal Online Loans' seminar held by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) together with the Association of Indonesian Law Scholars (ISHI) virtually attended by OJK representatives Sulampua in Makassar, Friday (11/2). /2022). He said, from the development of fintech peer to peer lending, there were 103 fintech p2p lending companies registered and licensed by the OJK. Meanwhile, the number of accumulated accounts is 809,494 lender entities. Meanwhile, the number of borrowing entities is 73,246,852 accounts with a total loan...