Abstract :
Vigilante actions or self punishment is forbidden by the law, because that acts are a violance and
inhumaly treating to someone that committed by law. but in facts, people are used to do vigilante
actions or self punishment againts the caughted perpetrators of crimes committed. That was a
impact of an anger and an upset people with the action that the perpetrators of crime committed
did. Vigilante actions or self punishment are clearly not regulated in the Penal Code and by other
regulations, but in case by acts of persecution, humiliation and other acts that contrary to
applicable laws, the perpetrators of acts of vigilantism or self punishment can be dealt and
processed by law.
The process and repression of acts of vigilante or self punishment players are not an easy thing
be done by law enforcement officials (police), cause it needs a sufficient evidence based on facts
that occurred at the site. That facts can be gain from the testimony of people who know and are
there at time when vigilante actions or self punishment happened, for that, a harmonious
cooperation is needed between communities and law enforcement officers (police) to take action
against perpetrators of acts of vigilantismor self punishment, in order for the creation of a legal
certainty.