Indonesia Transfers Ex-Prosecutor's Case to AG Office for 'Legal Certainty'

The transfer of a case involving former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah from the police to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has drawn scrutiny, with some questioning the AGO's ability to handle the case impartially. However, Rudi Margono, the AGO Inspector General and head of the special handling team, asserts that the move provides legal certainty.

Margono explained that when the investigating body is part of the same institution responsible for prosecution, it streamlines the process. "Because the investigators at the Attorney General's Office also serve as the preliminary judicial body," he stated on Friday, July 24, 2026. This arrangement, he argued, prevents the case files from being passed back and forth between investigators and prosecutors, making the handling of the case by AGO investigators "very arguable and legally acceptable."

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Because the investigators at the Attorney General's Office also serve as the preliminary judicial body.

Less than three weeks after the police transferred the case, the AGO named Febrie Adriansyah a suspect in alleged money laundering. The case is linked to the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold and hundreds of billions of rupiah in cash at his home in Sentul. On the same day, July 24, 2026, Febrie was detained at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center. Previously, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police had also named Febrie a suspect in alleged corruption and money laundering related to the handling of PT Asabri's case at the AGO. Lawyer Don Ritto was also named a suspect in the money laundering case by the police.

Febrie claims he is a victim of criminalization, asserting that investigators lacked sufficient evidence for his detention. "I have discussed with the examining prosecutor that the evidence presented still needs further investigation or confirmation, so in my opinion, detention is not yet sufficient. It has never been like this at Gedung Bundar," Febrie said after his examination at the AGO's main building on Friday, July 24, 2026.

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I have discussed with the examining prosecutor that the evidence presented still needs further investigation or confirmation, so in my opinion, detention is not yet sufficient. It has never been like this at Gedung Bundar.