AGO Confirms Tan Kian and Ferry in Asabri-Jiwasraya Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) investigation team, known as Tim 9, has confirmed the involvement of businessmen Tan Kian and Ferry Hongkiriwang in the handling of the alleged corruption cases at PT Asabri and Jiwasraya. The confirmation was made during their examination as witnesses in a suspected money laundering (TPPU) case, in which former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah has been named a suspect.
‘We confirmed the allegations related to the handling of Asabri or Jiwasraya. We sought to verify whether there is indeed strong suspicion that the Asabri or Jiwasraya cases align with our allegations,’ said Tim 9 Coordinator and Junior Attorney General for Supervision Rudi Margono at the AGO Main Building in Jakarta on Thursday.
For the day’s proceedings, investigators had scheduled the examination of 11 witnesses in the money laundering investigation. However, three witnesses were unable to attend, while eight complied with the summons. The eight witnesses examined were identified by their initials as FYH (Ferry Yanto Hongkiriwang), TK (Tan Kian), RT, RY, TH, TB, and ES. Investigators will reschedule the summoning of the absent witnesses to obtain their statements.
In this money laundering case, Tim 9 has named two suspects: Febrie Adriansyah, the former Jampidsus, and Nurman Herin, a private sector individual. The new investigation order was issued after the AGO received case files and evidence, including 74 kilogrammes of gold and hundreds of billions of rupiah in foreign currency, from the National Police. The AGO had previously issued three other investigation orders following the transfer of cases from the police as part of a law enforcement synergy. These include an order for alleged corruption and money laundering at PT KNI, an order for alleged corruption in coal governance at a steam power plant suspected of triggering blackouts, and an order related to alleged corruption and money laundering in the handling of the PT Asabri case.