PEMBELAAN DIRI ADVOKAT TERDAKWA TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI E-KTP DARI SEGI PANDANG UU NO 18 TAHUN 2003 DAN UU NO 31 TAHUN 1999

Abstract

Corruption is one of the things that is very detrimental to the state's finances and will slowly destroy the country. various corruption acts ranging from corruption directly take state money there is also corruption indirectly where the action is still detrimental to the state. one example of indirect corruption is the act of frederich yunadi. started from the virtue of the defendant's mistaken case of corruption The e-ktp project setya novanto from the KPK call which eventually dragged its legal counsel also frederich yunadi become a suspect because it is considered obstructing the process of examination of the suspect of corruption. Because it was designated a suspect Frederich yunadi then asked for protection of immunity rights advocate as stated in the law advocate article 16 to protect all his actions in defending his client. The formulation of the problem in this research is about whether the action of advocate Frederich Yunadi who was prosecuted to obstruction of justice article 21 of TPK law can be protected the right of immunity article 16 law advocate. This research uses normative juridical approach. Materials used include primary legal materials and secondary legal entities. Furthermore, the analysis is done by deduction method. Based on the results of research and discussion, it is concluded that the actions of Frederich Yunadi which obstruct the process of examination of suspects of corruption can not be protected by the right of immunity article 16 law advocate. it is advisable for advocates to carry out their duties in accordance with applicable law