KPK Chief Urges Staff to Exercise Caution in Adopting New Criminal Code and Procedure Code

Jakarta – KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto has stressed the importance of caution among his staff regarding the adoption of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).

‘Even top riders like Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez, despite being experts and world champions, can still fall in a corner. I hope the KPK does not make risky legal mistakes,’ Setyo said in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on 29 May 2026.

The remarks were made during the Knowledge Management Day event on the Implementation of the New KUHP and KUHAP for KPK’s Duties, held earlier this week.

The forum was part of internal consolidation to ensure all investigation, inquiry, and prosecution processes for corruption cases remain adaptable to national regulatory changes now entering a major harmonisation phase.

Discussions focused on changes in the First Book of the new KUHP, which are deemed to have direct implications for proving corruption crimes and the KPK’s role as a specialised law enforcement agency (lex specialis).

Despite Indonesia entering a phase of adjusting hundreds of sectoral regulations, the KPK has assured that corruption and money laundering (TPPU) crimes will continue to be treated as core offences with strict procedures and penalties.

Previously, Law No. 1 of 2023 on the KUHP was signed by President Joko Widodo and promulgated by State Secretary Pratikno on 2 January 2023.

Article 624 of the KUHP law states that the regulation will take effect three years after promulgation, i.e., 2 January 2026. Thus, the new KUHP will be in force from that date.

Meanwhile, Law No. 20 of 2025 on the KUHAP was signed by President Prabowo Subianto and promulgated by State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi on 17 December 2025.

Under Article 369 of the KUHAP law, the regulation will take effect from 2 January 2026.