Court, AGO agree to set up team

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