Police to Question Top Prosecutor Febrie Adriansyah in Three Corruption Cases
Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Indonesian police plan to question top prosecutor Febrie Adriansyah regarding three corruption cases.
- Adriansyah, the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, denies any involvement in the alleged corruption cases.
- The investigations involve alleged bribery at PT Asabri, coal supply corruption linked to power outages, and corruption at PT Krakatau Steel.
Indonesian police are proceeding with investigations into three separate corruption cases and intend to question the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, as a witness. The plan to examine Adriansyah follows the completion of investigations and case reviews, according to Kombes Budi Hermanto, Head of Public Relations for the Jakarta Metropolitan Police. However, Budi Hermanto did not provide a specific timeline for Adriansyah's summons.
Later, we will inform colleagues about when the summons will be made, including the developments of the case.
The investigations, conducted by the National Police's Anti-Corruption Task Force and the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's Special Criminal Investigation Directorate, have involved searches at 12 locations over three days. These searches are connected to three distinct alleged corruption schemes: bribery at PT Asabri, corruption in coal supply potentially causing power outages in Sumatra, and corruption at PT Krakatau Steel.
I also don't understand the connection between the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes and (corruption) blackout.
Despite the police's intentions, Adriansyah has firmly denied any connection to the corruption cases under scrutiny. "I also don't understand the connection between the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes and (corruption) blackout," he stated during a press conference at the Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta. Adriansyah also refuted any link to Kafe de'Clan Signature, one of the locations searched by investigators, asserting, "The Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes has no connection to the business that has been reported on social media, such as in Cipete."
The Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes has no connection to the business that has been reported on social media, such as in Cipete.
Originally published by Tempo in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.