Jokowi, Puan Maharani, Other Officials Sued

jpnn.com, JAKARTA - The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), together with a number of residents, has sued President Joko Widodo, Vice President KH Ma'ruf Amin, House Speaker Puan Maharani, Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate, and the Financial Services Authority (OJK).

They filed the lawsuit to the Central Jakarta District Court on Friday (12/11).

The plaintiffs assessed that President Jokowi and the other officials had failed to fulfill their responsibility regarding the online loan problem currently occurring in Indonesia.

"Residents urge these parties to ensure the establishment of comprehensive regulations, as well as to answer community problems," they said in a statement, Friday (12/11).

"This is done so they can provide legal protection, protect human rights, resolve existing problems, and break the long chain of online loan polemics so that the number of victims do not continue to grow."

The plaintiffs assessed that online loans existed because of community needs. However, they have caused thousands of people to experience legal and human rights abuse.

The government should, they said, provide certainty for registration permits as a condition for peer-to-peer lending applications or online loans to operate in Indonesia.

They also highlighted the importance of an integrated personal data protection and monitoring system for all online loan application users. (tan/mcr20/jpnn)

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