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| The signing of the Indonesia-Singapore Extradition Agreement, Tuesday (25/01/2022), in Bintan, Riau Islands. (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Muchlis Jr) |
BorneoTribun Jakarta – During the meeting of Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with Singapore's Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong, Tuesday (25/01/2022) yesterday, in Bintan, Riau Islands, the Indonesia-Singapore Extradition Treaty was signed. The agreement, which the Indonesian government has begun working on since 1998, was signed by the Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna H. Laoly and the Minister of Home Affairs and Singapore's Minister of Law K. Shanmugam.
"After going through a very long process, the Indonesia-Singapore extradition agreement can finally be implemented," said Yasonna, in a release accessed on the official website of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Wednesday (26/01/2022).
The Minister of Law and Human Rights explained that the scope of the Indonesia-Singapore Extradition Agreement was that both countries agreed to extradite any person found to be in the territory of the requested country and sought by the requesting country for prosecution or trial or execution of punishment for extraditable criminal acts.
"This extradition agreement will create a deterrence effect for perpetrators of criminal acts in Indonesia and Singapore," he said.
In addition, Yasonna continued, the existence of the Indonesia-Singapore Extradition Agreement will narrow the space for criminals in Indonesia to escape. This is because Indonesia already has agreements with partner countries in the region, including Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong SAR.
Meanwhile, Indonesia and Singapore have been bound by the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLA) Agreement between ASEAN member countries in 2008.
"If the two countries can immediately ratify the signed Extradition Treaty, law enforcement agencies of the two countries can take advantage of this Extradition Treaty in an effort to prevent and eradicate cross-border criminal acts such as corruption and terrorism," he said.
(PR of KEMENKUMHAM/UN)
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