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Febrie Adriansyah’s lawyers deny he received Rp40 billion from businessman Tan Kian

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources In the courts
  • Lawyers for former Indonesian deputy attorney general Febrie Adriansyah denied that he received Rp40 billion from property businessman Tan Kian.
  • They said the money described in Tan Kian’s examination record was handed to another person and that the pretrial judge did not establish where it ultimately went.
  • Febrie’s lawyer urged the allegation to be tested in the main trial concerning the money-laundering case.

Former deputy attorney general Febrie Adriansyah has denied receiving Rp40 billion from property businessman Tan Kian in a money-laundering case. His lawyer, Febri Diansyah, made the denial after questioning his client as a suspect at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta.

Febri said reports about the alleged transfer resulted from excerpts of a pretrial ruling being read out of context. He pointed to Tan Kian’s examination record, which had been submitted as evidence in the pretrial proceedings.

How could we confirm that?

· Febri DiansyahThe lawyer questioned claims that the pretrial evidence established a Rp40 billion payment to his client.

According to Febri’s account of that record, Tan Kian was contacted by a person named Lucy, who allegedly warned that an ongoing case could make him a suspect if it was not “handled.” Communication then continued between Tan Kian and Fery Hongkiriwang, also known as Fery Boboho. Febri said the record indicated that Tan Kian handed the money to Fery, not to Febrie.

“Fery never stated at all in Tan Kian’s examination record that the money would later be given to Mr. FA,” Febri said. He added that Tan Kian referred only to four officials at the Attorney General’s Office and did not clearly identify the ultimate recipients or say whether Fery eventually used or kept the money.

Fery never stated at all in Tan Kian’s examination record that the money would later be given to Mr. FA.

· Febri DiansyahHe argued that the examination record did not connect the money to Febrie Adriansyah.

Febri criticized the pretrial judge’s reasoning for being quoted incompletely, saying it made the alleged flow of money to Febrie appear firmly established. He noted that the judge had said the pretrial proceeding was not the forum to decide the substance of the case. “We very much hope this will be disclosed fully and clearly during the trial,” he said.

The allegation was previously raised by South Jakarta District Court pretrial judge Richard Edwin Basoeki while explaining his ruling. The case relates to investigations involving alleged corruption at PT ASABRI and PT Jiwasraya.

We very much hope this will be disclosed fully and clearly during the trial.

· Febri DiansyahHe called for the money’s origin and destination to be examined in the main proceedings.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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