The Prosecutor’s Investigation Authority towards Corruption Crime Cases: The Indonesian Perspective

Deni Setya Bagus Yuherawan

Faculty of Law, Universitas Trunojoyo, Telang Ave., PO. BOX. 2, Bangkalan, Madura 69162, East Java, Indonesia

Trisusilowati

Faculty of Law, Universitas Darul Ulum, Jombang, 61419, Indonesia.

Romlan Prasodjo

Faculty of Law, Universitas Darul Ulum, Jombang, 61419, Indonesia

Abstract:

This study analyzed the prosecutor's authority to investigate corruption crime cases. Juridically, there is no legal basis for a prosecutor to investigate a corruption case. It differs from the police force and the corruption eradication commission assigned attributively by law. Attributive authority is obtained from the government based on the law. This study was a legal study with a doctrinal and statutory approach. A prescriptive technique conducted data analysis with a grammatical and systematic interpretation. The research was intended to determine the legal arguments underlying the authority of a prosecutor. The police and the corruption eradication commission investigators had investigative jurisdiction to investigate corruption crime cases. However, no fundamental law allowed the prosecutor's office to explore them. The prosecutor has implications for its illegality to investigate corruption crime cases without regulation.

Keyword:

Attributive Authority, Investigative Authority, Corruption Crime, Prosecutor