Criminal For Residents Who Take Advantage Of Opportunities Related To The Covid-19 Virus Outbreak

Criminal For Residents Who Take Advantage Of Opportunities Related To The Covid-19 Virus Outbreak

In order to prevent the spread of the corona virus or Covid-19, the Papua Regional Police in carrying out a handling of the virus outbreak has law enforcement on Wednesday (25/03/2020).

Head of Papua Police Public Relations Kombes Pol Drs. Ahmad Musthofa Kamal, SH said that the National Police in carrying out its actions was carried out based on the applicable legal rules in handling the Corona Virus pandemic outbreak (covid-19). We also remind the community members not to take the opportunity in the Corona virus outbreak (Covid-19) and also unlawful activities because we will take strict action.

We all know that the Corona Virus is a disease that is currently Pandemic so it is categorized as a Non-Natural Disaster. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a Pandemic on March 11, 2020 to be an important basis for the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 7 of 2020 concerning the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

"In the case of health quarantine in its application, sanctions for everyone who does not comply with Health Quarantine are contained in Article 93, Law No. 6 of 2018: Everyone who does not comply with the implementation of Health Quarantine as referred to in Article 9 paragraph (1) and / or obstructs the operation of Health Quarantine so as to cause a Public Health Emergency is punishable by imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and / or criminal a maximum fine of Rp 100,000,000.00 (one hundred million rupiah), "said the Head of Public Relations.

Then the application of law enforcement for the stockpiling of goods needed in Article 107, Law no. 7 of 2014 concerning Trade in which a Business Actor who saves staple goods as referred to in Article 29 paragraph (1) shall be liable to a maximum imprisonment of 5 (five) years and / or a maximum fine of IDR 50,000,000,000 (fifty) billion rupiah).

Furthermore Criminal sanctions for Hoax news disseminator, article 45 a paragraph 1, Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning ITE where every person who intentionally and without the right to spread false and misleading news resulting in consumer losses in Electronic Transactions as referred to in Article 28 paragraph (1) shall be liable to a maximum imprisonment of 6 (six) years and / or a fine a maximum of Rp1,000,000,000.00 (one billion rupiah).