Comparison of Criminal Law of Indonesia and Malaysia Regarding Narcotics Crimes
Keywords:
Narcotics, Crimes, Indonesia, MalaysiaAbstract
In the development of the times, narcotics abuse is increasing and has become a serious threat to many countries.
Countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia are trying to overcome these problems. Policies issued by Indonesia and
Malaysia which then became the subject of comparison, especially criminal law policy policies on dealing with
narcotics problems between Indonesia and Malaysia Research using a macro comparison method, where this study
compares the common law system applied in Malaysia and civil law in Indonesia. It was found that there are 3
main differences between Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in Indonesia and Act 234 of the
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (revised 1980 and the latest amendment 2014) in Malaysia which has the purpose of
eradicating narcotics or drug crimes has three main differences, namely the mandatory imposition of the death
penalty in Malaysia, jurisprudence being the main source of common law, and the promotion of the principle of
premum remidium in Indonesia which is inversely proportional to the application of ultimum remidium in
Malaysia.
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