Academics Urge Tim 9 to Validate Evidence in Ex-Jampidsus Case Amid Forgery Claims
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Maria Silvya Wangga, head of the Criminal Law Studies Centre at Trisakti University’s Faculty of Law, has expressed hope that the Team of Nine can carry out validation and collaborate with police investigators to prove that the evidence and exhibits in the case involving the former junior attorney general for special crimes are not counterfeit.
She said that speculation is currently circulating among the public that the various items of evidence uncovered in the case against former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah, such as gold and cash, are fake.
“To address this spreading narrative, the specially established Team of Nine must provide proof so that negative interpretations of this case do not emerge in society,” Maria said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Friday.
In addition, Maria said, strengthening independence and mitigating conflicts of interest in the case must be carried out.
According to her, the necessary step is to involve the Indonesian Prosecution Commission (Komjak) as a supervisor and to reinforce external oversight.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Reza Syarifuddin Zaki, an academic at Bina Nusantara University’s (Binus) Business Law Faculty, said the gold bullion and foreign currency found by police investigators in various concealed locations cannot be returned to the state unless the asset forfeiture or asset recovery mechanism is properly regulated in Indonesian legislation.
“Asset recovery for losses to the national economy or state finances in this case involving the former Jampidsus is an important issue that must be safeguarded and closely monitored by the public,” Reza said.
He argued that the case must be thoroughly unravelled because, according to investigators, the former Jampidsus’s involvement extended to several other cases, including the Asabri, Krakatau Steel, and coal-fired power plant (PLTU) corruption scandals.
He stressed that these corruption cases have already cost the state trillions of rupiah, so the money laundering (TPPU) aspect and the involvement of prominent figures must be investigated and exposed.
“No one must be protected in the handling of this case,” he said.
Previously, the National Police named Febrie a suspect in alleged corruption and money laundering in his handling of the PT Asabri case between 2020 and 2024.
The nine investigators in question are: Inspector II for Finance at the Attorney General’s Office for Supervision (Jamwas) Agus Salim, Head of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor’s Office (Kajati Sumut) Muhibuddin, Head of the Tracing and Forfeiture Management Centre at the Attorney General’s Office Asset Recovery Agency Chatarina Muliana Girsang, and Inspector I for Finance at Jamwas Riyono.
They are joined by Secretary to the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) Agus Sahat, Director of Legal Considerations at the Deputy Attorney General for Civil and State Administrative Affairs (Jamdatun) Irene Putri, Deputy Head of the Banten High Prosecutor’s Office Rinaldi Umar, Director of Prosecution at the Deputy Attorney General for Military Crimes (Jampidmil) Zet Tadung Allo, and Director A at the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) Hari Wibowo.