AGO Clarifies Febrie Case Is a Transfer of Handling, Not Delegation

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has confirmed it has received the transfer of handling of the case involving suspected corruption and money laundering implicating former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah.

Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, stressed that the handover from the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) was not a handover of case files but a transfer of handling of the corruption case, meaning it will be handled entirely by the Attorney General’s Office.

“If it were case files, that would mean from investigators to public prosecutors. This is the handling being transferred — this is one form of our collaboration,” he told reporters on Monday (13/7).

He explained that his office would first examine and study the findings and investigation results previously carried out by the National Police.

“We must follow criminal procedure, especially since the suspect in this case is a law enforcement official. We must also be careful. It must comply with criminal procedure, whatever that may be,” he said.

Previously, the National Police’s Corruption and Money Laundering Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) officially transferred the handling of three cases of suspected corruption and money laundering (TPPU) to the Attorney General’s Office.

The transfer was made after investigators named two suspects: private individual Don Ritto and former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah.

Head of Kortastipidkor at the National Police, Commissioner General Totok Suharyanto, said the transfer of the case was the result of an agreement between the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office as a form of synergy in case handling.

Totok explained that during the investigation, investigators examined 15 witnesses and two experts. Investigators also conducted searches at a number of locations previously known to the public.

Based on their roles, Don Ritto is suspected of committing money laundering originating from corruption.

Meanwhile, Febrie is suspected of involvement in corruption and/or money laundering in the legal handling of state officials in the PT Asabri case and other suspected corruption cases.