Don Ritto Shocked by Immediate Detention at AGO Detention Centre
Suspect Don Ritto has expressed shock at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) decision to immediately detain him at the C7 Detention Centre on Friday (17/7/2026). The detention occurred after the transfer of the case from the National Police to the AGO was completed.
Ritto’s attorney, Handika Honggowoso, stated that his client was detained on the same charges previously processed at the Polda Metro Jaya, relating to the handling of the PT ASABRI corruption case, specifically the Tan Kian cluster. ‘We followed the handover process closely. Alhamdulillah, it went smoothly. However, we were shocked that our client, Mr Idon (Don Ritto), was immediately detained at the AGO C7 Detention Centre,’ Handika said in Jakarta on Friday (17/7/2026).
Handika asserted that in the ASABRI case, his client has absolutely no connection to an individual named Fery Boboho. He claimed that testimony mentioning the flow of billions of funds from Fery to another witness was false information. ‘The statement that he handed over 5 million Singapore dollars to witness Norman is a fictitious fact. It was denied by Norman in the official examination report when he was questioned at Kortas,’ Handika explained.
He further revealed that investigators had examined all witnesses from the money changer. According to him, not a single money changer witness confirmed the existence of a transaction or receipt of 5 million US dollars. He also highlighted the formal validity of Fery’s testimony. ‘Thirdly, it turns out Fery was never officially examined in the investigation stage. So, that is a fictitious accusation. Because of that, we strongly protest and we ask the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes to evaluate all witness examination reports,’ he stressed.
Beyond disputing the testimony, Don Ritto’s side urged the AGO investigative prosecutor team to re-examine the relevance of all assets worth hundreds of billions of rupiah seized from various locations, including a housing complex in Sentul, a café in Cipete, and a money changer. Based on the legal construction, witness statements, and documentary evidence they hold, Handika is confident that all the seized evidence has no connection whatsoever to the ASABRI corruption charges in the Tan Kian cluster levelled against Don Ritto. ‘It has absolutely no connection, whether in Sentul or Cipete. Legally, it will certainly be rejected as evidence,’ Handika concluded.
Don Ritto was officially transferred to the AGO in South Jakarta on Friday. Based on monitoring, he arrived at the AGO’s Bundar Building under tight escort. He got out of the detention vehicle wearing an orange detainee vest but remained silent and walked past the crowd of journalists. The AGO has issued three new investigation warrants related to the case, which also implicates former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah. The three major case clusters now ensnaring Febrie Adriansyah are alleged corruption and money laundering at PT Krakatau Steel, the coal procurement case for PLN’s steam power plants that previously caused a mass blackout, and the corruption and money laundering case related to financial management at PT ASABRI. Before the case was transferred to the AGO, police investigators had conducted enforcement operations involving searches at 12 different locations, seizing assets with a total estimated value of up to Rp536 billion.