Attorney General Appeals Acquittal Verdict for Junaedi Saibih and Others in Investigation Obstruction Case

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has filed a cassation appeal against the acquittal verdict of three defendants in an alleged investigation obstruction case spanning three corruption matters. The three defendants are Tian Bahtiar, Adhiya Muzakki, and Junaedi Saibih.

“Regarding the investigation obstruction case that resulted in acquittals, the public prosecutor yesterday expressed consideration and will imminently file a cassation appeal because this case was tried under the old Criminal Procedure Code,” said Head of Public Communication at the Attorney General’s Office Anang Supriatna in Jakarta, Friday (13 March 2026).

Anang explained the reasons for filing this cassation appeal. He noted that the public prosecutor’s considerations were not taken into account by the judges panel regarding how the defendants’ actions impacted the handling of the cases.

“Throughout this time, cases of identical investigation obstruction charges have been proven, and these are still tried under the old Criminal Procedure Code,” Anang stated.

Nevertheless, he assured that the office respects the verdict issued by the judges. However, the office will pursue legal remedies through cassation.

“We declare the public prosecutor’s cassation appeal,” he said.

For context, Junaedi Saibih is a lawyer, Adhiya Muzakki is a social media influencer, and Tian Bahtiar is the Director of JakTV. All three were prosecuted by the public prosecutor with sentences of 8 and 10 years’ imprisonment.

The prosecution believed they obstructed investigations into three corruption cases. The cases in question involved corruption in tin commodity management, sugar imports at the Ministry of Trade, as well as corruption in the administration of crude palm oil (CPO) export permits or cooking oil raw materials.

The prosecution stated that all three actively and deliberately carried out non-juridical schemes outside of court proceedings to form negative public opinion, as if the cases being handled by the attorney general’s office in these three matters were being mishandled.

The verdict hearing for the three defendants was held at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday (3 March). The judges panel acquitted the defendants of the charges of investigation obstruction in the three cases—corruption in tin commodity management, sugar imports at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, and corruption in administering crude palm oil (CPO) export permits or cooking oil raw materials.