Febrie Adriansyah Apologises to Prabowo and Attorney General, Vows to Prove Truth

Former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, has issued an apology after being named a suspect in an alleged money laundering case. The apology was directed at President Prabowo Subianto, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, and all members of the Attorney General’s Office. ‘I apologise to the leadership, Mr President, Mr Attorney General, and my colleagues at the Prosecutor’s Office,’ Febrie said on Sunday, 26 July 2026. Febrie stated his readiness to undergo the entire legal process and to prove the truth based on the facts that will emerge during the trial. ‘Allow me to prove the truth according to the legal facts later,’ he said. However, Febrie Adriansyah considers the naming of him as a suspect and his subsequent detention to be a form of criminalisation. He argued that the evidence used by investigators still needs to be verified and examined in greater depth, making it unfit to serve as the basis for detention. He also stated that a suspect determination should be preceded by repeated case exposés to ensure all evidence is thoroughly tested. ‘But this has become the leadership’s decision, I am ready to face it and I feel this is indeed criminalisation,’ he said. Regarding the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold at his home, Febrie declined to provide an explanation. He requested that investigators clarify the ownership and the purpose of storing the gold. ‘Let the investigating prosecutors examine it, whose it is and what it is used for, what activities, ask the investigators to answer later,’ he said. Previously, the Attorney General’s Office named Febrie Adriansyah a suspect in the money laundering case after he underwent questioning as a witness for approximately 10 hours, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Western Indonesian Time on Friday, 24 July 2026. Junior Attorney General for Supervision, Rudi Margono, announced Febrie’s legal status during a press conference at the Main Building of the Attorney General’s Office. ‘Mr FA has been named a suspect. The case we mentioned earlier this afternoon, money laundering,’ Rudi said. Following the suspect determination, investigators immediately detained Febrie for 20 days at the Corruption Eradication Commission’s East Jakarta Detention Centre branch. Febrie confirmed that he had been examined as a suspect and immediately detained. ‘Today I have been examined as a suspect and detained,’ Febrie said. Unlike typical detainees of the Attorney General’s Office, Febrie was not wearing a pink detainee vest. He appeared in a batik shirt as he was escorted to the detention vehicle under tight guard by officers from the Attorney General’s Office and military personnel.