DPR proposes early seizure review in Asset Forfeiture bill
Experts also back the term “asset recovery” and warn the bill’s transition clauses could be challenged at the Constitutional Court.
Debate on the Asset Forfeiture bill is narrowing to two new issues: a mechanism to review seizures before the main trial and a proposal to replace the term with “asset recovery.” DPR Commission III member Nasyirul Falah Amru proposed that testing seizure or forfeiture measures before the main case is heard be set up as a special “pra judicial” mechanism, not pretrial under the KUHAP. He said the rule should examine formal and material requirements at the same time, with a strict deadline and clarity on whether the ruling is final or can still be taken to the Mahkamah Agung. Separately, Unissula Semarang law professor Yehezkiel Minggus Tiranda said the term “asset recovery” is more in line with a restorative approach and with asset recovery practice under UNCAC.