Authority of Lembaga Perlindungan Saksi dan Korban (LPSK)/Witness and Victim Protection Agency of Indonesia in Providing Protection to Foreign Citizen under Law No. 31 of 2014 (A Case Study of Johanes Marliem, Witness of E-NID Corruption Case)

Abstract

The E-NID application in Indonesia has been distracted regarding to the corruption of Setya Novanto as the suspect of the E-NID corruption case. Government tried hard to solve this problem by gathered the suspects and witnesses related to this case including Johannes Marliem as the foreigner who lived in the United State of America. This thesis will discussed the protection of witness by Lembaga Perlindungan Saksi dan Korban (LPSK) / Witness and Victim Protection Agency of Indonesia using normative-empirical research method by learning the implementation of Witness and Victim Protection Agency of Indonesia rules and regulation towards foreigner, in this case: Johannes Marliem. The result consists of the facts delivered through direct interview with Witness and Victim Protection Agency of Indonesia and trustworthy sources in a form of journals, articles, and laws with the conclusion that there is no different way of protection that has been done by Witness and Victim Protection Agency of Indonesia between local citizen and foreigners.