Former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah Files for Pre-Trial at South Jakarta Court

Former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah has officially filed a pre-trial motion at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (5/8), challenging his suspect status in a money laundering case (TPPU). Febrie’s lawyer, Febri Diansyah, stated that this legal step was taken to examine the case handling process from the aspects of criminal procedure and administrative law conducted by investigators. “This is a guaranteed right so that we can all see the trial process more clearly together, testing all aspects of whether the procedural law was fulfilled or not,” he said. Febri explained that the pre-trial motion contains six issues to be tested, one of which concerns the client being named a suspect twice, by both the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) and the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung). He detailed that two pre-trial motions have been filed with the South Jakarta District Court; the first relates to the determination of suspect status and the detention efforts by the Kejagung. “The second relates to the forced efforts of naming a suspect in alleged corruption and money laundering, and the search and seizure conducted by the Polda Metro Jaya and/or Kortas Tipikor,” explained the former spokesperson for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Previously, the Kejagung and Kortas Tipidkor Polri confirmed they were ready to face the pre-trial motion filed by Febrie Adriansyah. Head of the Kejagung Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, said his party did not question the legal step Febrie was taking. “Please, that is the right of the suspect and his legal counsel to file a pre-trial motion, and it is regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP),” he told reporters on Wednesday afternoon. Anang added that his party would also reveal the origins of the ownership of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash found at Febrie’s Sentul residence during the trial. He assured that all legal processes carried out, from the search to the seizure, could be accounted for by the investigators. “All of that will be proven in court,” he stated. Meanwhile, Head of Operations for Kortas Tipidkor Polri, Commissioner Ahmad Yusuf Afandi, confirmed his party was also ready to face all the motions Febrie would file, from the determination of suspect status to the asset seizure. “Kortas Tipidkor Polri is ready to face the pre-trial motion,” he said.