Febrie Adriansyah Files Pretrial Motion, AGO Insists Suspect Designation Is Lawful

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has responded to a pretrial motion filed by the legal team of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah. Head of the AGO’s Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, asserted that the suspect designation disputed by Febrie’s camp was carried out fully in accordance with criminal procedural law and its mechanisms. He confirmed that investigators would continue the legal process for the case. “It is clear that investigators have made the designation according to procedural law and there is a legal mechanism for it. We are continuing with that status,” Anang said when confirmed in Jakarta on Wednesday (5/8).

Responding to a challenge from Febrie’s team demanding investigators prove ownership of assets in the form of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp476 billion in cash within the construction of the money laundering crime, Anang stressed that the AGO would present all evidence before the panel of judges. He stated that the substance of the case and proof of asset ownership would be tested openly during the trial. “We will see it in court. When this case goes to trial, that is where it will be tested to what extent the person concerned can prove it,” Anang asserted.

Previously, Febrie Adriansyah officially filed a pretrial motion with the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (5/8). The motion was submitted to test the legality of the suspect designation procedure, the detention action, and a series of coercive measures undertaken by the investigation team. A member of Febrie’s legal team, Febri Diansyah, emphasised that this pretrial motion is purely focused on testing the formal and administrative aspects of the investigation, not an effort to evade the legal process. “The filing of this pretrial motion is part of a good faith effort to test the case handling process from the aspect of criminal procedural law and the administration of the investigation. A pretrial is not a way to avoid the legal process,” Febri told reporters at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (5/8).

Febri revealed that his team had found nine indications of procedural law violations. However, after a more in-depth review of the case documents, the potential number of procedural irregularities had increased. “We previously found at least, I would say at least nine alleged or indicated procedural law violations. And in the last few days we have found many more. That will certainly be more appropriately detailed in the pretrial motion document which will be physically submitted this afternoon at the South Jakarta District Court’s integrated service centre,” he said. Meanwhile, another member of the legal team, Muhammad Farizi, reiterated that the arguments presented to the panel of judges entirely concern the validity of the enforcement procedures. “What we are testing here is the formal procedure, not the material. What we are objecting to is the administration and the process of the coercive measures,” Farizi explained.

In their application, the legal team urged the sole judge of the South Jakarta District Court to annul the legal status and detention imposed on Febrie since the end of July. Team member Firman Wijaya stressed the importance of law enforcement officials complying with criminal procedural regulations in every enforcement action. “We request the South Jakarta District Court to declare the suspect designation and detention dated 24 July 2026 invalid, to release our client from detention and to stop the investigation. Law enforcers must not enforce the law by breaking the law,” Firman asserted.

Previously, the AGO named Febrie Adriansyah a suspect in a money laundering case. He is currently being held at the Corruption Eradication Commission detention centre. The suspect designation is part of the investigation into four investigation warrants handled by the AGO, following the handover of case files from the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Task Force and the Metro Jaya Regional Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate. In this case, investigators have seized assets of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp476 billion in cash. Besides the money laundering case implicating Febrie, the three other investigation warrants cover alleged coal corruption at PLN that caused blackouts, the PT Asabri case, and alleged corruption at PT Krakatau Steel.