AGO Must Prove No Selective Prosecution, Urged to Immediately Detain Febrie Adriansyah
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has been urged to immediately detain former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, who has been named a suspect in a case of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU).
Executive Director of Democratic Judicial Reform (DE JURE), Bhatara Ibnu Reza, called for the case to receive special attention. He stated that there have been attempts at intervention from various parties in the corruption case.
“For this reason, the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office should take preventive steps as the institution has done with a number of mega-corruption suspects in Indonesia,” he said in a written statement on Monday, 13 July 2026.
Bhatara assessed that if Febrie is not immediately detained, it will create an impression of selective prosecution in the public eye. He noted that in many cases, the AGO has never allowed a suspect to remain un-detained during the investigation process.
“We believe that not immediately detaining suspect Febri Adriansyah will create an impression of selective treatment towards suspects in corruption cases,” he said.
He also urged that the investigation into this case not be subject to internal interference within the Prosecutor’s Office. Bhatara expressed concern that Febrie’s influence might still be able to interfere with investigators who were once his subordinates.
Therefore, he urged the AGO to immediately examine Febrie and convey the results to the public as a form of transparency and accountability, as the case has been transferred from the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor).
“The public has the right to know that the handling of this case is not being interfered with by any party, including from within the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office, let alone by other state institutions,” he explained.
“We believe the AGO should, in addition to concentrating on conducting the examination, also anticipate the strong possibility of Febrie fighting back by filing a pre-trial motion to challenge the validity of his designation as a suspect,” he added.
Furthermore, Bhatara also urged the Prosecutorial Commission to carry out its duties and functions as an external supervisor of the prosecutor’s office. This includes supervising, monitoring, and assessing the performance and behaviour of prosecutors and/or AGO employees in carrying out their duties and authority as regulated by laws and a code of ethics.