Examining the Reverse Verification of Compensation Demand for Consumers of Products in the Free Trade Era

Crimes that inflict the economy, including crimes against consumers in the free trade era in Indonesia, are worthy of the government's attention. The availability of safe products for the consumers is absolute, and business owners are required to be able to produce and distribute products that can compete both locally and internationally. The settlement of economic transaction disputes between the business owners and the consumers must be built on the principles that provide a legal protection for both parties to appropriately address the possibility of risk of injustice including the role of reverse evidence principle in consumer's protection efforts. This principle can be fulfilled if the business owners cannot prove that the consumer's loss is of their own doing. The aggrieved consumer can directly sue the business owner for the products that they sell.