The Indonesian National Police's Input Becomes Part of the Bill Refinement

The proposal regarding asset forfeiture is one of a number of inputs from the Indonesian National Police in the discussion of the Bill. At the same forum, the Indonesian National Police also proposed the regulation of thresholds for narcotics possession to more clearly distinguish between users or victims of abuse and distributors or cartels. This indicates that the Indonesian National Police wants the Narcotics and Psychotropics Bill to not only be repressive towards illicit trafficking networks, but also more precise in distinguishing between categories of perpetrators.

At the legislative level, discussions on the Narcotics and Psychotropics Bill are indeed moving forward as part of the 2026 priority agenda. The DPR's Legislation Body previously stated National Legislation Program of Priority Bills 2026 contains 64 Bills, and Baleg also affirmed that this year's legislative agenda is directed to be more responsive to national legal needs and public input. In that context, input from the Indonesian National Police and the National Narcotics Board becomes important to form a regulatory design that is more adaptive to the evolving modes of narcotics crime.

Thus, the Indonesian National Police's proposal shows a clear direction: narcotics eradication is no longer sufficient to only rely on arresting perpetrators and confiscating evidence, but must also target the financial arteries of the criminal network. If this idea is included in the final draft of the Bill, the new regulation has the potential to provide greater space for the state to cripple the narcotics business from an economic perspective, not just from a conventional criminal perspective.