REJECTED: DEFAMATION CIVIL LAWSUIT ON THE BASIS OF A CRIMINAL CASE DECISION THAT THE PLAINTIFF WAS DECLARED NOT GUILTY
 
Whereas the existence of a criminal case judge’s decision which has a permanent legal force that states that a person is declared not guilty of committing
a crime and is declared acquitted of prosecution, cannot be used as a basis or reason for demanding compensation due to defamation and unlawful acts in a civil lawsuit.

 
Whereas within the framework of the rule of law, it must be understood that the act of reporting a person because they are suspected of having committed
a crime to law enforcement officials is a mechanism and means that have been regulated by law and applicable statutory provisions to resolve any problems that occur in society so it does not lead to vigilante action / eigen richting.
 

Supreme Court Decision No. 751 K/Pdt/2009, dated 20 January 2010.
 
Source:
Varia Peradilan No. 312, November 2011, Pages 123 and 124.
 
 
Best regards
Fredrik J. Pinakunary