MLA Law Passed; Yasonna Laoly to Track Ill-Gotten Assets

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly said he will call in all stakeholders to follow up on the agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) in criminal issues between Indonesia and Switzerland that had been passed into law.

Yasonna added that he will also invite the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit, the Attorney General's Office, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish a team.

“We will create an asset tracking later,” said the minister at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 14.

The government, he went on, was set to trace wealth or assets resulting from criminal acts in Indonesia stored in Switzerland. He added that the government will request data, too.

“Who has the information and how to obtain it, we will go to Switzerland to ask for the data. With this legal basis, we have started the move,” he said.

The Indonesian government benefited from the retroactive agreement, Yasonna argued, given the ill-gotten wealth such as from fiscal crimes, money laundering, and others parked in Switzerland before the deals could be tracked.

However, Yasonna Laoly said the team will first gather to set strategies, adding that he has not detailed Indonesian assets to be returned through the MLA deal.

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