Febrie's Legal Team Asks Judge for Fair Pretrial Ruling

The legal team of former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, has asked the judge to deliver a fair pretrial ruling.

This was conveyed by Febrie’s lawyer, Febri Diansyah, after submitting the conclusion document to the sole pretrial judge at the South Jakarta District Court on Monday (24/8).

Febri expressed hope that the judge would examine the pretrial motion filed by his client with clarity. He believes the ruling could set a precedent for improving law enforcement practices in the future.

“Our hope is that this can become a strong precedent going forward if the ruling truly recognises that law enforcement must not be carried out in violation of the law,” he said.

He also explained that the pretrial motion filed by his side is a suspect’s right to test procedural aspects, not the substance of the main case concerning money laundering involving 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash.

Febrie claimed the pretrial motion aims to correct the law enforcement process and procedures so that they are carried out properly. Therefore, he believes that if the judge grants the pretrial request, it does not automatically eliminate the main case.

“There is no need for concern because we see the issue being raised as if granting the pretrial would make the main case disappear. No, there is no need to worry about that,” he explained.

He said his side wants to position the pretrial case not merely as an effort to fight for Febrie’s interests. More than that, this pretrial motion is a momentum to correct the law enforcement process.

“Namely as an effort to straighten out and correct legal processes that are carried out in violation of the law, or hastily and even appear forced,” he said.

Previously, Febrie asked the sole judge of the South Jakarta District Court to cancel the detention carried out by the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung).

This was conveyed by Febrie in the petitum of the pretrial motion filed with the South Jakarta District Court. Febrie also asked the judge to declare the detention order invalid and without binding legal force.

In his petitum, Febrie challenged Detention Order Number PRIN-43/F/Fd.2/07/2026 dated 24 July 2026 issued against Febrie. The legal counsel asked the judge to declare the order invalid along with all its legal consequences.