Febrie's camp to bring alleged procedural violations to pretrial hearing
The camp of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, claims there are 30 alleged procedural violations that will be revealed through a pretrial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court.
Febrie’s legal counsel, Febri Diansyah, said the alleged violations were identified across five main aspects that form the basis of the pretrial application.
One of the aspects, he said, relates to the naming of a suspect for money laundering (TPPU) with an underlying predicate crime that is considered unclear. Then there is the combining of the predicate crime with the money laundering offence in a single investigation order (sprindik).
In addition, the pretrial application covers the search and seizure process, the naming of a suspect without examining the prospective suspect, the overseas travel ban, and the handling of the case at the Attorney General’s Office as a follow-up process.
“We have identified around 30 alleged procedural violations from those five aspects,” he said at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday (18/8).
Febri said all of these matters will be tested based on criminal procedure law and the principle of due process of law.
To strengthen the application, he also said he would present three experts during the pretrial hearing. According to him, the presence of the experts is expected to provide legal clarification regarding the alleged procedural violations submitted by his side.
“To make the law clearer and to shed more light on testing the alleged violations, the 30 alleged violations of procedural law and the principle of due process of law that we have submitted,” he said.
Previously, the sole judge at the South Jakarta District Court, Richard Edwin Basoeki, reminded all related parties that the pretrial hearing of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, should be conducted professionally.
“Lastly, I give one statement to the parties to be professional. We must uphold the dignity of the trial,” he said during the hearing for the reading of the application on Tuesday (18/8).
Edwin reminded that no party should violate the law. He also cautioned against any attempts to influence the independence of the judge in the case.
“Do not disturb our independence as judges in handling this case with matters that are influential in nature. Whether material or immaterial, please let us all safeguard it together,” he explained.
The Attorney General’s Office 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 house in Sentul.
Most recently, the Attorney General’s Office also named private party Nurman Herin (NH) and lawyer Don Ritto (DR) as suspects for their alleged involvement in the money laundering case together with Febrie.
The Chair of Team 9 and Junior Attorney General for Supervisory Crimes, Rudi Margono, said the alleged money laundering was carried out by Febrie as a prosecutor or structural official during his service at the Attorney General’s Office.