Complaint as an Essential Condition of e-Criminal Defamation in Supreme Court Decision Number 1605 K/Pid.Sus/2022

Pengaduan Sebagai Syarat Esensial Tindak Pidana e-Criminal Defamation pada Putusan MA Nomor 1605 K/Pid.Sus/2022

Pengaduan Esensial E-Criminal Defamation

Authors

  • Rani Nurbaeti
    raninurbaeti@gmail.com
    Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia, Indonesia
7 January 2025
8 April 2025

Procedural law is the key to entry and has a function as a sign in enforcing material law in front of a court trial. In its development, there are many reforms of criminal procedural law in certain cases, one of which is the case of e-criminal defamation. This research can be useful as one of the new references in the practice of criminal procedure law, especially with regard to the formal requirements of the indictment in e-criminal defamation cases. The research method used is normative legal research method with case approach and legislation. The results showed that the legal considerations of the Supreme Court in making a letter of complaint as an essential requirement for the indictment of e-criminal defamation cases as intended by the provisions of Article 27 paragraph (3) of the ITE Law are the enforcement of material law and criminal procedural law, namely providing guarantees for the protection of rights, truth and justice; as a guide (procedural law) in further legal proceedings; and avoiding abuse and promoting the principle of simple, fast, low cost.