AGO Forms Special Investigation Team to Handle Febrie Adriansyah Case
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has formed a special team of investigators to handle the alleged corruption and money laundering case implicating former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah.
Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, explained that the team was formed to minimise conflicts of interest in handling Febrie’s case.
“The Acting Jampidsus will form a team of investigators at the Attorney General’s Office — designated individuals. These will specifically be certain people who minimise any conflict of interest with the person concerned,” Anang said at the Attorney General’s Office on Monday (13 July).
Anang said the team would study the particulars of the case implicating Febrie.
He said the Attorney General’s Office would continue to coordinate with the National Police (Polri) in investigating the case.
“We will study what the case is about, based on the existing examination reports and the available evidence, in relation to the alleged criminal acts in question,” he said.
Anang said his side would act independently and professionally in handling the case.
He said the Attorney General’s Office would be open and careful, and would uphold the principle of presumption of innocence.
“The administrative handover of the investigation file from the National Police to the Attorney General’s Office has been received, and it will be followed up with the transfer of the examination reports, the evidence, and also matters relating to the suspect,” he said.
Earlier, the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) officially transferred the handling of three suspected corruption and money laundering cases to the Attorney General’s Office.
The transfer was carried out after investigators named two suspects: private individual Don Ritto and former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah.
Head of the National Police Anti-Corruption Task Force, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, said the case transfer 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 had questioned 15 witnesses and two experts. Investigators also carried out searches at a number of locations previously known to the public.
Based on his role, Don Ritto is suspected of money laundering derived from corruption.
Meanwhile, Febrie is suspected of involvement in alleged corruption and/or money laundering in the legal handling of state officials in the PT Asabri case and other suspected corruption cases.