AGO: Febrie Suspected of Money Laundering While Serving as Prosecutor

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Investigators from the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung), known as Team 9, have stated that former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah is suspected of involvement in money laundering (TPPU) while serving as a prosecutor.

“In general terms, the modus operandi of the alleged money laundering carried out by the state official was in his capacity as a prosecutor or structural official during his tenure serving at the Attorney General’s Office,” said Team 9 coordinator, who also serves as Junior Attorney General for Supervision (Jamwas), Rudi Margono, at the main building of the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Friday.

However, he did not disclose in detail the money laundering method allegedly employed by Febrie.

“I will not go into further detail because it relates to our strategy of proof, and disclosing it would make things very difficult for us going forward,” said Rudi Margono.

He further emphasised that investigators continue to uphold the presumption of innocence in handling the money laundering case.

“What is more important is that we build a civilisation of legal development based on mutual respect, especially since during the investigation stage the presumption of innocence still applies. Therefore, we must respect this process,” said Rudi.

On Friday, Febrie Adriansyah was formally named a suspect in the alleged money laundering case by the Attorney General’s Office’s team of investigators. The designation came after Febrie underwent questioning for approximately ten hours.

Head of the Attorney General’s Office’s Legal Information Centre Anang Supriatna said the new investigation decree (sprindik) was issued after the Attorney General’s Office received case files and evidence comprising 74 kilogrammes of gold and foreign currency worth hundreds of billions of rupiah from the National Police (Polri).

The Attorney General’s Office has also issued three investigation decrees following the transfer of cases from the National Police as a form of law enforcement synergy. The first, decree number 43, concerns alleged corruption and money laundering involving PT KNI.

The second, decree number 44, relates to alleged corruption in coal governance at coal-fired power plants (PLTU), which is suspected of having triggered the electricity blackout.

Finally, decree number 45 concerns alleged corruption and money laundering in the handling of the PT Asabri case.