Indonesian prosecutors explain seizure of ex-official's family photos in money laundering probe

Indonesia's Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) has clarified the reason behind the seizure of family photographs belonging to former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah. Anang Supriatna, Head of the Legal Information Center at Kejagung, explained that the photos were a strategic part of the investigation to confirm that a house in Sentul, which was searched, indeed belonged to Adriansyah.

"Perhaps it was part of the investigation strategy to confirm that the item, that place, belonged to Mr. FA. Perhaps that's how it was," Supriatna told reporters. He added that Kejagung would abide by the pretrial court's decision regarding a lawsuit filed for the return of all seized items from the Sentul house, including the family photos.

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Perhaps it was part of the investigation strategy to confirm that the item, that place, belonged to Mr. FA. Perhaps that's how it was.

Febrie Adriansyah has filed a pretrial motion at the South Jakarta District Court (PN Jaksel) seeking to nullify his suspect status and declare all legal actions, including the search and seizure of his property, invalid. Kejagung had previously named Adriansyah a suspect in a money laundering case (TPPU) involving the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash at his Sentul residence.

Recently, Kejagung also named two other suspects in the case: a private individual, Nurman Herin (NH), and a lawyer, Don Ritto (DR). According to Rudi Margono, head of the investigation team, the alleged money laundering activities were carried out by Adriansyah while serving as a prosecutor or structural official within the Kejaksaan.

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That is an application, we just have to wait for the pretrial judge's decision.