Two years before the raid on Cafe de\u2019Clan in Cipete, South Jakarta, a\nmember of the police\u2019s elite counter-terrorism unit, Detasemen Khusus 88\n(Densus 88), was arrested at the same establishment. He was suspected of\ntailing former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus),\nFebrie Adriansyah, who was dining at the restaurant, then known as\nGontran Cherrier, on the evening of Sunday, 19 May 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is true there was an issue, no longer an issue, but a fact of\nsurveillance in the field,\u201d said the former Head of the Attorney\nGeneral\u2019s Office Legal Information Centre (Kapuspenkum Kejagung), Ketut\nSumedana, confirming the incident on Friday, 24 May 2024. Ketut stated\nthe Attorney General\u2019s Office (Kejagung) had examined the Densus 88\nmember\u2019s mobile phone, which contained Febrie Adriansyah\u2019s profile,\nleading them to believe the surveillance was deliberate. He added that\nthis was a risk often faced by the Kejagung when investigating\ncases.<\/p>\n
At the time, the Kejagung was investigating a major corruption case\nconcerning tin commodity trading in the mining business permit area of\nPT Timah Tbk for the 2015-2022 period. The case implicated several\nfigures, including the Director General of Minerals and Coal at the\nMinistry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bambang Gatot Ariyono, and PT\nRefined Bangka Tin shareholder Harvey Moeis. State losses were estimated\nat Rp 300 trillion. There were suspicions that the surveillance of\nFebrie was linked to this tin case, which was thought to be targeting\nother high-ranking officials.<\/p>\n
However, a raid on Cafe de\u2019Clan on Wednesday, 8 July, shifted these\nassumptions. A joint team from the Police\u2019s Corruption Eradication Corps\n(Kortas Tipikor) and the Metro Jaya Regional Police\u2019s Special Criminal\nInvestigation Directorate discovered a safe hidden behind a wall on the\nsecond floor, the same floor where the Densus 88 member had been\ndetained by Febrie\u2019s security detail. Inside the safe, police found cash\ntotalling Rp 60 billion in US dollars, Singapore dollars, and rupiah,\nalong with a family photograph believed to belong to Febrie\nAdriansyah.<\/p>\n
On the same day, investigators also raided Point Money Changer,\nlocated next to the cafe, seizing Rp 7.2 billion in 16 foreign\ncurrencies and 71 documents. The total amount seized from the two\nlocations reached Rp 67.2 billion. A police spokesperson suggested the\nmoney changer was suspected of being a vehicle for laundering the\nproceeds of corruption.<\/p>\n
Following the raids, the Kejagung tightened security for Febrie, with\naround 20 armed military personnel from the Indonesian National Armed\nForces (TNI) guarding his home in the Kramat Pela area of South Jakarta.\nThe TNI confirmed the deployment was a special request from the Kejagung\nbut stressed it was unrelated to the police raids.<\/p>\n
Instead of searching the Kramat Pela residence, the joint police team\nraided another of Febrie\u2019s homes in the Sentul area of Bogor, West Java.\nThere, they discovered 74 kilograms of gold bullion and cash in rupiah,\nUS dollars, and Singapore dollars, valued at an estimated Rp 282.4\nbillion. Febrie acknowledged owning the Sentul house but provided no\ndetailed explanation for the gold and money. The Corruption Eradication\nCommission (KPK) noted that the Sentul property did not appear in\nFebrie\u2019s official State Officials\u2019 Wealth Report (LHKPN), suggesting it\nwas registered under a nominee\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
Police explained the searches were part of an investigation into\nthree corruption cases. One of these involves coal corruption and money\nlaundering related to the fulfilment of coal supplies for several steam\npower plants since 2018, a practice that triggered power outages across\nSumatra, Kalimantan, Central Java, East Java, Jakarta, Bogor, Depok,\nTangerang, and Bekasi.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/one-stroke-three-corruption-cases-surpassed-1783947347", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }