Attorney General's Team 9 Examines Tan Kian in Febrie TPPU Case

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) Team 9 questioned businessman Tan Kian as a witness on Thursday (30/7) in relation to an alleged money laundering (TPPU) case involving former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah.

“Yes (Tan Kian was questioned),” said the Deputy Attorney General for Supervision (Jamwas) and Team 9 Coordinator, Rudi Margono, when contacted for confirmation.

Rudi said that a total of ten witnesses were scheduled to be questioned by investigators. Another name on the list was Ferry Hongkiriwang.

“If I’m not mistaken, ten (people were questioned). Yes (including Tan Kian and Ferry Hongkiriwang),” he said.

Nevertheless, Rudi declined to give details about the questioning, saying the process was still ongoing.

Earlier, the Attorney General’s Office named Febrie Adriansyah, former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, as a suspect in a money laundering case following the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash at his residence in Sentul.

Rudi Margono, who heads Team 9 as well as serving as Deputy Attorney General for Supervision, said the alleged money laundering was committed by Febrie whilst serving as a prosecutor or structural official at the Attorney General’s Office.

In addition, Febrie is entangled in three other cases at the Attorney General’s Office. The first concerns alleged corruption at PT Krakatau Steel. The second relates to alleged corruption in the procurement of coal for PLN power plants, which resulted in widespread blackouts.

Finally, there is the investigation order (Sprindik) concerning alleged corruption in the PT ASABRI case, in which Febrie has also been named a suspect alongside private individual Don Ritto.