The Urgency of Punishment Incrimination Arrangement for the Violence Agent toward Journalist

Abstract

In Indonesia, there is no special rule on criminal action which the victim is journalist when he does his   profession as journalist. The law or rule protecting journalist if he become victim of heavy or light violence is ruled in the Criminal Code. The Statute number 40 of 1999 on Press arranges the criminal action resulting in blocking and obstructing the journalist work.

This study takes title:    The urgent of punishment incrimination arrangement for the criminal agent of violence toward journalist who conducting his journalist profession in the Statute Number 40 of 1999 on Press, and the focus revealed are: what the Urgency of Punishment Incrimination Arrangement for the Criminal Agent of Violence toward Journalist who conducting his Journalist Profession in the Statute Number 40 of 1999 on Press are?

Theoretically, the research hopefully becomes discussion material and gives opinion assistance especially on press law, related to punishment incrimination arrangement for the criminal agent of violence toward journalist who conducting his journalist profession.   Thus, it achieves legal protection for journalists when they do their job and also obtains the legal certainty. Practically, this research is required to give addition to policy formulation in order to make legal policy protecting the journalists from criminal action when they do the profession.

This study is normative legal research using approaches of statute, comparison, history, and philosophy. The research result and finding covered: The Punishment Incrimination for the criminal Action toward Journalist is necessary to immediately be arranged in the new regulation because until today there is no formulation yet (Vacum of Norm).