Team completes draft on RI's first cyber law<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A special team of academics from the Bandung
\nInstitute of Technology and the University of Padjajaran has
\ncompleted a draft on Indonesia's first law on cyber crimes and
\nwill present it to the government in October.<\/p>\n
Head of the cyber law drafting team Ahmad M. Ramli said on
\nMonday that the draft would be presented to the director general
\nof posts and telecommunications who will forward it to the
\nMinister of Transportation Agum Gumelar.<\/p>\n
\"The government will first have to study the draft with other
\ntelecommunications experts and the Indonesian consumer agency,
\nbefore it is enacted into law,\" he said on the sidelines of a
\nseminar on Internet banking.<\/p>\n
The law would address crimes dealing with the Internet such as
\ncredit card fraud and signature fraud that sometimes occurs
\nduring transactions on the Internet, Ahmad said.<\/p>\n
It would also address privacy definitions on the Net such as
\nhow a company should handle confidential information of its
\ncustomers over the Net, he said.<\/p>\n
Punishment for cyber crimes would not be as harsh as for
\ncrimes made in the \"real world\", Ahmad said, explaining that many
\ncyber crimes were committed by people without a lot of money and
\ntherefore the fine should be within their capacity to pay.<\/p>\n
The law would differentiate crimes committed intentionally for
\nprofit and those committed unintentionally and that jail terms
\nwould be limited to between two to four years depending on the
\nseriousness of the crime, he said.(tnt)<\/p>",
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