DPR Special Committee to Oversee Febri Adriansyah Case: Don't Swap Gold for Chocolate

Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives’ Commission III, Habiburokhman, stated that a Special Committee (Panja) will be present to directly oversee the handling of three corruption cases involving former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah. The committee is chaired by Habiburokhman himself. “Yes, we will supervise directly,” Habiburokhman told reporters at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Saturday (11/7/2026). Habiburokhman said the committee is ready to attend examinations and searches related to the handling of these three corruption cases. He stated that the committee’s presence is to ensure the investigation proceeds transparently. “Yes, that’s right. We will be present. So there is no slander, no money being swapped, right? Don’t let the gold bars be exchanged for chocolate,” he said. The agreement to form the committee was conveyed by Habiburokhman during a special meeting of Commission III at the DPR building on Saturday (11/7). All factions within Commission III expressed support for the committee’s formation. The case involving Febrie Adriansyah has been transferred to the Attorney General’s Office. The Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) had previously named Febrie Adriansyah and Don Ritto as suspects in the alleged corruption case. “At one point, we conducted a case review and based on that review, we named two suspects,” said Head of the Police’s Kortas Tipikor, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, during a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office on Saturday (11/6). Acting Jampidsus Rudi Margono confirmed receipt of the three corruption cases from Kortas Tipikor. “The information is that two suspects have been named, one from the private sector. The second has the initial F,” Margono said. The three cases involve alleged corruption in coal, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel. Police have searched a money changer and Cafe de’Clan Signature in the Cipete area of South Jakarta, as well as a house in the Bogor area of West Java. During the searches, police seized a number of pieces of evidence, including gold bars and foreign currency worth billions of rupiah. Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, previously emphasised that the investigation into the alleged corruption cases of coal, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel has the attention of President Prabowo. “This is the President’s attention, that alleged corruption cases are a focus for the police to carry out disclosure and investigation processes. This series of searches is part of the investigation process to find and collect evidence to fulfil the investigation requirements,” Budi Hermanto said after the search at Cafe de’Clan, Cipete, South Jakarta, on Wednesday (8/7). Budi stated that the searches were part of uncovering the alleged coal corruption that caused blackouts in Sumatra some time ago, as well as the ASABRI and Krakatau Steel cases. The corruption cases under investigation include bribery, gratification, and money laundering. “Kortas Tipikor together with the Metro Jaya Regional Police are conducting investigations into alleged corruption cases involving bribery, gratification, and money laundering. Several locations are currently being searched simultaneously, including this location at Cafe de’Clan and Koin Money Changer. This is related to the alleged corruption in the PLN coal blackout, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel,” he said.