AGO Affirms Febrie Adriansyah's Suspect Status Has Not Been Revoked

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has retracted its earlier statement regarding the status of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, in the new investigation warrant (Sprindik) that has been issued.

Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, explained that the new Sprindik affirms that Febrie’s status remains that of a suspect. This is based on the suspect designation previously made by the National Police’s Corruption Crime Investigation Unit.

“In the considerations of the new Sprindik, the National Police investigators’ warrant was also taken into account, under which the two individuals concerned had already been designated as suspects,” he told journalists on Wednesday (15 July).

“Therefore, it does not invalidate anything. We still accept (the status), but the reason we issued the (new Sprindik) first was to allow us to determine the next steps and their completeness. In essence, the individual’s status is not invalidated,” he added.

Earlier, the Attorney General’s Office issued three new investigation warrants (Sprindik) concerning alleged corruption and money laundering cases implicating former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah.

Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, said the issuance of the three new Sprindiks was carried out to follow up on the transfer of the cases from the National Police.

“The Attorney General’s Office has currently issued three Sprindiks. First, Sprindik number 43 concerns alleged corruption and money laundering offences related to PT Krakatau,” said Anang.

The other two Sprindiks are number 44, concerning alleged corruption in the coal procurement for PLN’s coal-fired power plants, which resulted in a blackout, and Sprindik number 45, concerning alleged corruption and money laundering in the ASABRI case.

Anang explained that through the issuance of these Sprindiks, all investigation activities officially fall under the authority of the Attorney General’s Office’s investigators.

Nevertheless, he said his office would continue to coordinate with National Police investigators and the KPK, which would provide supervision over the investigation process of the cases.

“Our partners from Commission III of the House of Representatives will also help monitor the implementation of the investigation process that has been handed over to the Attorney General’s Office’s investigators,” he said.