Febrie Not Yet Detained Despite Suspect Status, While Don Ritto Already in Custody
Former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, has yet to be detained despite officially being named a suspect in three cases of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU). This situation contrasts with that of another suspect, Don Ritto, who has been detained at the Metro Jaya Regional Police detention centre since Friday (10/7).
Acting Jampidsus at the Attorney General’s Office, Rudi Margono, confirmed that Febrie has not been detained. According to him, the decision on detention will only be made after the case files and the official investigation report (BAP) from the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) are fully submitted to the Attorney General’s Office. “He has not been detained, according to the information. The files and the official report will be submitted later today. We will then conduct a joint review with the Kortas Tipikor team,” Rudi stated at the Attorney General’s Office main building in South Jakarta on Saturday (11/7).
Meanwhile, the Head of Kortas Tipikor, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, asserted that the detention of Don Ritto, a private sector figure and advocate, was carried out earlier in the interest of the investigation. “DR has been detained since 10 July and is currently being held at Polda Metro Jaya,” Totok explained.
The case implicating Febrie is the result of an expanded investigation by the Police’s Kortas Tipikor into alleged corruption in a coal supply project for PLN’s power plants, the handling of the PT ASABRI case, and the settlement of debts for PT CBS-KNI. During a search of Febrie’s private residence in Sentul City, investigators seized staggering assets, including 74 kilograms of gold bars and cash in various foreign currencies, with a total value reaching IDR 476 billion. In addition to the Sentul location, investigators also searched the de’Clan Signature café in Cipete and seized assets worth nearly IDR 60 billion. For his actions, Febrie has been charged under Articles 12D and 12B of the Corruption Eradication Law, as well as Articles 3 and 4 of the Money Laundering Law, which are also accommodated in Article 607 of the new Criminal Code.