Introduction

This final part of the current five-part Indonesian Law Digest (ILD) will address the new draft criminal-law code within the context of information and electronics, as dealt with by the Draft Criminal Law Code 2018 (“RKUHP 2018”) (as of 8 March 2018).[1] In a manner similar to its predecessors (part one, part two, part three and part four), this edition of ILD will also compare the various criminal provisions set out under RKUHP 2018 with the existing Criminal Law Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana – “KUHP”), as well as other prevailing sectoral legal frameworks, including Law No. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended through the issuance of Law No. 19 of 2016 (collectively referred to as the “ITE Law”).[2]