Court, AGO agree to set up team

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office have reached an agreement to set up a joint team to seek technical solutions to tackle shortcomings in existing laws in a bid to strengthen law enforcement.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan told the press over the weekend that the cooperation was aimed at boosting an integrated criminal justice system as the existing system had loopholes that were often used by criminals to evade justice.

"We'll find ways without violating the law," he said after a meeting with Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh in Jakarta on Saturday.

The shortcomings in the Criminal Procedures Code include articles on the detention period for suspects and defendants, and the execution of court verdicts. --JP