Suspect Don Ritto has expressed shock at the Attorney General\u2019s\nOffice (AGO) decision to immediately detain him at the C7 Detention\nCentre on Friday (17\/7\/2026). The detention occurred after the transfer\nof the case from the National Police to the AGO was completed.<\/p>\n
Ritto\u2019s attorney, Handika Honggowoso, stated that his client was\ndetained on the same charges previously processed at the Polda Metro\nJaya, relating to the handling of the PT ASABRI corruption case,\nspecifically the Tan Kian cluster. \u2018We followed the handover process\nclosely. Alhamdulillah, it went smoothly. However, we were shocked that\nour client, Mr Idon (Don Ritto), was immediately detained at the AGO C7\nDetention Centre,\u2019 Handika said in Jakarta on Friday (17\/7\/2026).<\/p>\n
Handika asserted that in the ASABRI case, his client has absolutely\nno connection to an individual named Fery Boboho. He claimed that\ntestimony mentioning the flow of billions of funds from Fery to another\nwitness was false information. \u2018The statement that he handed over 5\nmillion Singapore dollars to witness Norman is a fictitious fact. It was\ndenied by Norman in the official examination report when he was\nquestioned at Kortas,\u2019 Handika explained.<\/p>\n
He further revealed that investigators had examined all witnesses\nfrom the money changer. According to him, not a single money changer\nwitness confirmed the existence of a transaction or receipt of 5 million\nUS dollars. He also highlighted the formal validity of Fery\u2019s testimony.\n\u2018Thirdly, it turns out Fery was never officially examined in the\ninvestigation stage. So, that is a fictitious accusation. Because of\nthat, we strongly protest and we ask the Junior Attorney General for\nSpecial Crimes to evaluate all witness examination reports,\u2019 he\nstressed.<\/p>\n
Beyond disputing the testimony, Don Ritto\u2019s side urged the AGO\ninvestigative prosecutor team to re-examine the relevance of all assets\nworth hundreds of billions of rupiah seized from various locations,\nincluding a housing complex in Sentul, a caf\u00e9 in Cipete, and a money\nchanger. Based on the legal construction, witness statements, and\ndocumentary evidence they hold, Handika is confident that all the seized\nevidence has no connection whatsoever to the ASABRI corruption charges\nin the Tan Kian cluster levelled against Don Ritto. \u2018It has absolutely\nno connection, whether in Sentul or Cipete. Legally, it will certainly\nbe rejected as evidence,\u2019 Handika concluded.<\/p>\n
Don Ritto was officially transferred to the AGO in South Jakarta on\nFriday. Based on monitoring, he arrived at the AGO\u2019s Bundar Building\nunder tight escort. He got out of the detention vehicle wearing an\norange detainee vest but remained silent and walked past the crowd of\njournalists. The AGO has issued three new investigation warrants related\nto the case, which also implicates former Junior Attorney General for\nSpecial Crimes Febrie Adriansyah. The three major case clusters now\nensnaring Febrie Adriansyah are alleged corruption and money laundering\nat PT Krakatau Steel, the coal procurement case for PLN\u2019s steam power\nplants that previously caused a mass blackout, and the corruption and\nmoney laundering case related to financial management at PT ASABRI.\nBefore the case was transferred to the AGO, police investigators had\nconducted enforcement operations involving searches at 12 different\nlocations, seizing assets with a total estimated value of up to Rp536\nbillion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/don-ritto-shocked-by-immediate-detention-at-ago-detention-centre-1784292652", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }