Denny Indrayana: "Tak Ada Profesi yang Kebal Hukum, termasuk Dokter"
Denny Indrayana: "No One is Above the Law, including Doctors"
Reporter : Rusdi Kamal
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Wakil Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Denny Indrayana menegaskan tidak ada profesi yang kebal hukum di negeri ini termasuk dokter.
"Prinsip dasarnya, siapa pun yang bersalah dihukum, sebagaimana yang tidak bersalah dibebaskan," kata Denny di sela kunjungannya di Semarang, Jumat.
Pernyataan Denny tersebut disampaikan menanggapi protes atas dugaan kriminalisasi terhadap dokter Dewa Ayu Sasiary Prawani di Manado, Sulawesi Utara.
Ia mencontohkan kasus hukum yang menjerat mantan Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi Akil Mochtar.
"Ada juga gubernur, bupati, anggota DPR, tidak terkecuali dokter," katanya.
Menurut dia, berbeda jika kasus hukum yang dihadapi merupakan perkara perdata.
Ia memisalkan hakim yang digugat secara perdata karena putusannya.
"Tapi kalau pidana tidak ada yang kebal. Tinggal alat buktinya, kalau mencukupi ya dihukum," katanya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Deputy Justice and Human Rights Minister Denny Indrayana has said that no profession in the country, including medicine, is above the law.
"It is a simple principle: Anyone who is guilty must be punished and anyone who is not guilty will not be punished," he noted here on Thursday.
The deputy minister made the statement in response to recent demonstrations by doctors across the country protesting a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, which convicted Dr. Dewa Ayu Sasiary Prawani, Dr. Hendy Siagian and Dr. Hendry Simanjuntak of medical malpractice and sent them to jail.
He noted that even judges are not above the law and that they could also be sentenced to imprisonment, as was the case with former constitutional chief judge Akil Mochtar.
The Supreme Court ruled that the doctors were guilty of "causing death by negligence."
Thousands of doctors went on strike and took to the streets across the country on Wednesday to protest the ruling.
