Indonesian Court Rejects Ex-Prosecutor's Habeas Corpus Petitions

The South Jakarta District Court has officially rejected two habeas corpus petitions submitted by Febrie Adriansyah, the former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes. Presiding judge Richard Edwin Basoeki ruled that the designation of Adriansyah as a suspect by the Attorney General's Office's "Team 9" was legally sound.

"Ruling, in the substance of the petition: reject the petitioner's habeas corpus petition in its entirety," stated Basoeki on Friday, August 28. The judge further noted that Adriansyah's detention order clearly stated the basis for his suspect status, which was the fulfillment of two pieces of evidence.

On the preceding day, August 27, Basoeki had also rejected Adriansyah's petition concerning the issuance of an investigation order, the suspect designation, the search and seizure of his home in Sentul, and a travel ban. In this prior ruling, the judge declared that Adriansyah's requests to cancel the investigation order and summons were not within the court's purview to grant.

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Ruling, in the substance of the petition: reject the petitioner's habeas corpus petition in its entirety

"Not because the judge states that any possible violation in their issuance is permissible, but because these two letters are not concrete objects that the law grants to a habeas corpus judge to cancel," the judge explained. This decision reinforces that the legal processes undertaken by the police, from investigation to seizure, have adhered to established procedures.

The court also dismissed Adriansyah's argument that personal photos or information seized from his Sentul residence should not be publicly displayed, deeming it insufficient grounds to invalidate the search warrant or the seizure itself. Adriansyah is currently implicated in alleged corruption and money laundering offenses connected to the handling of cases involving PT ASABRI and PT Jiwasraya.

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Not because the judge states that any possible violation in their issuance is permissible, but because these two letters are not concrete objects that the law grants to a habeas corpus judge to cancel