00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:02Ladies and gentlemen,
00:03in the second and third sessions of the 15th Parliament,
00:08the Government has passed the RUU Law on Torture and Transportation 2024
00:18and the RUU Law on Criminal Procedures 2024
00:24and the RUU Law on Criminal Procedures 594 respectively.
00:37Both of these Laws have been passed by the People's Court on 10 and 11 July 2024
00:45and by the State Court on 22 July 2024.
00:49Subsequently, both of these Laws have been approved by His Excellency Sri Paduka Baginda
00:59on 11 September 2024
01:02and have been published in the newspaper on 25 September 2024
01:07and have begun to be approved on 30 October 2024.
01:12These amendments, which have been made in Article 574 and Article 593,
01:19in accordance with both of these Laws,
01:22have been passed to create criminal charges in the law
01:29related to the Keldai account,
01:32this is with the permission of the Mule account,
01:34and new provisions that give power to police officers
01:39who embezzled money that was estimated to be involved in criminal activities
01:44that were kept in any financial institution.
01:47In this regard, the amendment of Article 953,
01:51among others, has included the introduction of a new section 116D
01:57to give police officers who are not less than a sergeant
02:01the power to embezzle and prohibit transactions in any money held
02:08to be held in any payment instrument
02:14and or any account in financial institutions
02:20and make provisions for related matters.
02:24This amendment allows the police to not only embezzle
02:31but also to prevent the asset from being made into another business
02:37with the aim of preventing online scam victims
02:41from being removed from the Mule account
02:44and will then complete the existing provisions,
02:49namely Section 435 of Article 593
02:53on the power of the police to embezzle stolen assets,
02:58including physical assets.
03:03In this case, the police can prevent
03:071. have a reason to suspect that an error has been made
03:142. have a reason to suspect that the asset has been used
03:21or intended to be used to commit an error
03:26or 3. have a reason to believe that the asset is evidence of an error.
03:35In addition, based on statistics recorded by the National Scam Response Centre NSRC
03:44from October 2022 to September 2024,
03:51the number of calls received from the public was 131,036
03:59and from that number, a total of 52,836 people were found
04:05to be scam victims
04:08with a reported loss of Rp 302.1 million.
04:21For more information visit www.nsrc.gov.uk
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