Ferry Boboho Returns Rp5 Billion to Attorney General's Office Team; Observer: Should Be Named Suspect

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) ‘Team 9’ has concluded the investigation into the alleged extortion and money laundering (TPPU) case involving former Jampidsus official Febrie Adriansyah (FA), who remains a suspect.

In the extortion case, the investigation previously received a refund of Rp5 billion from a witness named Ferry Hongkiriwang, also known as Ferry Boboho. He is known as an entrepreneur suspected of acting as a broker for cases within the Attorney General’s Office.

However, even after the investigation concluded, Ferry’s status remains merely that of a witness in the case. Furthermore, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) had previously granted a protection request submitted by Ferry.

Commenting on this, criminal law observer Kamilov Sagala argued that the return of funds by Ferry does not automatically erase criminal liability.

“Correct (he should be a suspect). The return of money should not erase the crime; a judge would only consider it as a mitigating factor for the sentence,” Kamilov stated in his remarks on Friday, 18 September 2026.

He believes that investigators should have also designated Ferry as a suspect in the case, noting that the process of returning money does not nullify criminal offences.

It is known that the Attorney General’s Office ‘Team 9’ previously stated that the investigation into the alleged corruption, extortion, and money laundering case involving former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah has been completed.

It was further noted that investigators are now merely waiting for the case files to be declared complete (P-21) by the Public Prosecutor at the South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office.

Previously, the Attorney General’s Office named Febrie Adriansyah as a suspect in the alleged corruption and extortion case related to the handling of PT Asabri and PT Jiwasraya.

Suspects in the money laundering (TPPU) case include Febrie Adriansyah (FA), Don Ritto (DR), and Nurman Herin (NH), representing private parties allegedly involved in the laundering process.

In the money laundering investigation, the Attorney General’s Office has also seized various pieces of evidence, including 38 land and building assets valued at Rp846 billion, as well as 27 shares of companies.

The 38 seized land and building assets are in addition to evidence previously seized by police investigators in Sentul, Bogor Regency, West Java.