Abstract :
Suspects in the process of preliminary examination (Articles 52 and 184 (1) shall not be treated as a
defendant (objects) that must be examined, but the suspect performed as subjects, which means the
suspect can not be forced to plead guilty by way of coercion, pressure or threats. provisions is
clearly contained in the above article, which stated that the purpose of preliminary investigation by
an investigator not to get information about events alleged criminal charge against him. the purpose
of this study was to determine the implementation of protection of the rights of suspects in the
investigation process. this kind of research is research normative law which focuses on regulatory
and legal material. implementations protection of the rights of suspects in the investigation region of
Yogyakarta Police, in principle has been implemented in accordance with the law mandated, for
example the case of assistance by legal counsel, retained in accordance whit deadline set, given the
right to file a pretrial if they received treatment assessed by officers against the law. drawback in
this implementation is still often the discovery of the little things in the form of physical torture in the
investigation stage.