DSI Defendant Files Exception, Requests Operational Accountability Aligned with Authority
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DEPOK – Mery Yuniarni, a defendant in the alleged criminal case involving PT Dana Syariah Indonesia (DSI), has requested that legal accountability in the case against her be placed in accordance with the authority, position and time at which each event occurred. The request was submitted through a plea of exception (eksepsi) read out at Depok District Court on Wednesday (29/7/2026).
Through her legal counsel, Abdul Bari Alkatiri, Mery stated that after no longer serving as a director, she no longer held any authority over the operational management of PT Dana Syariah Indonesia. Therefore, according to her, accountability for the company’s operational activities should be borne by those who ran and controlled the company at the time the activities took place.
In her exception, Mery also stated that when she still served as a director, PT Dana Syariah Indonesia did not yet have any lenders, borrowers, or fund collection and distribution activities that now form the subject of the charges.
“When I was still in office, there were no lenders, no borrowers, no fund collection, and no financing distribution. The activities now being questioned were not yet operating during my tenure. All the activities now being questioned took place after I resigned. This is the fact that must be examined honestly in court,” Mery said in her exception.
Mery also stated that the internal campaign activities referred to in the case were carried out after she was no longer part of the board of directors. Consequently, she claims she was never informed, asked for approval, or involved in their implementation.
Furthermore, Mery has requested that all company documents relating to the operations of PT Dana Syariah Indonesia be disclosed in court. These documents include, among others, changes in company management, data on the first lenders and borrowers, the first fund collection and distribution activities, minutes of board of directors’ meetings, internal communications, and project approval documents.
According to her, the disclosure of these documents is necessary so that the panel of judges can objectively assess which party held authority and control over the company’s operations at the time the alleged criminal acts occurred.
In her exception, Mery also emphasised that the exception she filed was not intended to disregard the interests of the lenders.
On the contrary, she supports the full and open disclosure of all facts regarding the management of company funds and assets through the trial process, so as to provide legal certainty for all parties.
Earlier, the public prosecutor indicted Mery Yuniarni along with Taufiq Aljufri and Arie Rizal Lesmana for collecting public funds through alleged fictitious projects and an internal lender scheme. The charges will still be tested in court, while the panel of judges will first consider the exceptions filed by the defendants before deciding on the continuation of the examination of the merits of the case.