davita wrote
Also I saw that a Texas policeman WAS extradited back to USA from Bali to face murder charges...but he didn't commit any criminal act in RI.
This is a whole different case. It is an extradition while the case of someone who would have been sentenced in Indonesia for a crime committed in Indonesia wouldn't be referred a an extradition (and wouldn't be dealt with by any of the procedure highlighted in UU 1/1979 tentang ekstradisi). For a prisoner to be authorized to terminate his/her sentence in his/her country of origin it requires the existence of an agreement in between the two countries called an International Prisoner Transfer Program.
A bit about extradition: not all crimes see a criminal eligible for a procedure of extradition as per an Extradition Treaty signed in between two countries. Usually only the serious crime which can be punished by a minimum of 1 year in jail qualify, and said crime must be listed in the agreement signed by both countries.
Until ten years ago Indonesia had such Extradition Treaty with only 7 countries (If I remember well it was with 3 ASEAN countries - Thailand, Malaysia and The Philipines -, Australia, Hong Kong and I've forgotten the two last one) and only a few have been added since then . The fact that no treaty exists doesn't preclude the fact that one person may be extradited to the country the crime has been committed (ex: your Texas police officer). It just make it longer... and there is no obligation for the country where the fugitive hide to please the other country. It was up to Indonesia to accept or not to extradite the texan cop.
There are at the moment discussions in between Indonesia and several countries to establish an International Prisoner Transfer Program but to be honest the discussion are super slow. Australia is pushing it but the idea of such transfer of prisoners is pretty unpopular among Indonesian public opinion. Ultra nationalism is raising its ugly head whenever a foreigner is suspected or convicted of a crime in Indonesia and the idea of leaving him going back to its country of origin, even though if s/he would still be in jail, is not well accepted.
