Febrie Did Not Request Return of 74 kg Gold, But It Will Be Used as Evidence

The legal defence team for suspect Febrie Adriansyah has denied that their pre-trial motion is an attempt to have assets—including nearly half a trillion rupiah in cash and 74 kg of gold found at a house in Sentul, Bogor, West Java—returned to their owner. Lawyer Febri Diansyah stressed that the pre-trial motion filed by his team is solely intended to assess the legal validity of the search mechanism carried out by the National Police investigation team at the home of the former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes.

Febri emphasised that what his client has requested to be returned are documents and other items related to personal ownership. “So let this be clear: what the applicant (Febrie) has requested to be returned to him are personal and family belongings,” said Febri at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (19/8/2026).

According to Febri, the personal items requested to be returned are outside the context of the cash assets and gold bullion that remain in the possession of investigators. “Among them are personal documents that have no connection to the case,” said Febri.

He detailed the personal items that were also seized by investigators, such as family photographs and other belongings. “So we can confirm that in the pre-trial motion, what has been requested to be returned to Mr FA are documents and personal items,” said Febri.

As for the seized assets consisting of cash in various currency denominations totalling Rp 467 billion and 74 kg of gold, they remain in the possession of investigators and will be used as evidence.