Febrie's Camp Again Challenges AGO to Reveal Owner of 74 kg of Gold

The legal team of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, has challenged the Attorney General’s Office to prove the ownership of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash discovered at a house in Sentul. Febrie’s attorney, Febri Diansyah, stated that investigators have the responsibility to prove whether the cash and gold are indeed connected to his client. ‘We hope this can be proven and clarified by the investigators handling the case. Why? Because the burden of proof lies with law enforcement,’ he said during a press conference on Tuesday, 4 August. Febri explained that in the context of alleged money laundering, investigators must first establish who owns the assets in question. He said investigators must be able to prove whether the assets belong to his client or not. He stated that if they are proven to belong to his client, the responsibility to disclose the origin of the assets then shifts to his client, who is a state official. ‘It must first be proven who the owner of the goods is, then the reversal of the burden of proof applies, where the owner must prove that the assets are not derived from criminal proceeds,’ he said. ‘In our view, this is one of the aspects that is not sufficiently clear and remains a grey area in this legal process, and at the same time serves as a test for the law enforcement officers handling it,’ he added. Previously, the Attorney General’s Office claimed it would reveal the origin of the 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash found at Febrie Adriansyah’s house in Sentul. The Head of the AGO’s Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, confirmed this would be disclosed by investigators during the trial process. He assured that all legal proceedings, from the search to the seizure, are fully accountable. ‘All of this will be proven later in court,’ he told reporters on Tuesday, 4 August. He mentioned that investigators are currently continuing to trace the possibility of other assets connected to the alleged corruption crime. ‘So that there are no related difficulties, investigators are currently examining witnesses, evidence, and exhibits,’ he said. The AGO has named former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, as a suspect in a money laundering case related to the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash at a Sentul house. Most recently, the AGO also named a private individual, Nurman Herin, and a lawyer, Don Ritto, as suspects for their alleged involvement in the money laundering case with Febrie. The Head of Team 9 and Junior Attorney General for Supervision, Rudi Margono, stated that the alleged money laundering was carried out by Febrie during his tenure as a prosecutor or structural official at the Attorney General’s Office.