Legal Literacy - This article discusses the definition, role, and legalization of whistleblowers in Indonesia, including legal protection provided to reporters of criminal acts such as corruption and money laundering.

What is Whistleblowing?

According to the National Committee on Governance Policy, whistleblowing is the disclosure of illegal acts, unethical acts, or other acts that are detrimental to the organization or company. These criminal acts are committed by employees or leaders of the organization, and then someone reports or discloses the facts confidentially. In line with this, Peter Bowden defines whistleblowing is a disclosure exposed by people inside or outside the organization, which is significant information related to corruption and violations that are in the public interest and not publicly available.

As for whistleblower is the term for someone who has reported an action suspected of being a criminal act in the place where they work. Often whistleblower has adequate access to information to report actions indicated as criminal acts because basically whistleblower comes from people closest to the perpetrator or "insiders" in the perpetrator's workplace. Therefore, often whistleblower is dubbed as a drum beater, whistle blower, and revealer of facts.

Whistleblower plays an important role in uncovering various crimes, such as corruption,…