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        "id": 2055679,
        "msgid": "observer-urges-asset-forfeiture-bill-working-group-to-ensure-transparency-1793008471",
        "date": "2026-10-26 16:27:32",
        "title": "Observer Urges Asset Forfeiture Bill Working Group to Ensure Transparency",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Legal expert Oce Madril has urged the parliamentary working group on the Asset Forfeiture Bill to publish its latest draft so the public can see how earlier submissions have been incorporated. He also called for safeguards against abuse of enforcement powers, as lawmakers aim to pass the bill by 15 December 2026.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Oce Madril, executive director of the Association\nfor the Study of Government Law and Anti-Corruption (Pushan), has urged\nthe working group (Panja) on the Asset Forfeiture Bill to ensure\ntransparency in drafting the legislation, including by making the latest\ndraft available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that there is a working group, I think the latest draft should\nbe made public so people can see what has become of the input that was\ndiscussed at length earlier,\u201d Oce told ANTARA in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said publication of the draft was needed so the public could\nunderstand how various submissions made during the earlier public\nconsultation process had been incorporated into the latest version of\nthe bill.<\/p>\n<p>Oce said the bill\u2019s drafting process had involved many parties. The\nlegislative procedures under the national legislation programme had also\nbeen completed, so attention should now turn to the substance of the\nlatest draft.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the working group needed to ensure the bill included\nprovisions to prevent law enforcement officials from abusing their\nauthority. Powers relating to asset forfeiture should be balanced by\nadequate oversight mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must not let this drafting process create new fraud. We must not\nlet new legal mafias emerge. That is what we want to ensure,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the target of completing the Asset Forfeiture Bill by 15\nDecember 2026, Oce said the deadline was not excessively rushed, given\nthat discussions had been under way for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>At an internal meeting on Monday, House of Representatives Commission\nIII agreed to establish a working group for the Asset Forfeiture Bill.\nThe group is chaired by Habiburokhman, who also leads the commission\nresponsible for law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Habiburokhman said the working group had agreed to accelerate public\nhearing schedules so the bill could be passed by 15 December 2026 at the\nlatest.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/observer-urges-asset-forfeiture-bill-working-group-to-ensure-transparency-1793008471",
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