House Commission III to Summon Mahfud MD Over Febrie Adriansyah Case
Chair of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Habiburokhman, plans to invite former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD to seek his input on the legality of transferring the handling of the alleged corruption case involving former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah from the National Police (Polri) to the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung).
Mahfud MD had previously levelled harsh criticism, saying that the mechanism for transferring the continuation of the investigation was flawed and violated the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
“We must listen, including to input from Mr Mahfud, on whether the transfer of the case complies with the KUHAP or not. If Mr Mahfud believes it does not comply with the KUHAP, then we may well summon him. Academically, we certainly have much to learn from him,” Habiburokhman said in Jakarta on Monday (13 July 2026).
Habiburokhman said the process that took place between the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) and the Attorney General’s Office over the past weekend was not in fact a second-stage handover of the case, as regulated in criminal procedure law from investigator to public prosecutor.
“It is indeed not a handover as understood in the sequence of criminal procedure from investigator to public prosecutor. It is not. It is a transfer of the handling of the case from one institution, the Police, the Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim), to the Prosecutor’s Office,” he acknowledged.
The Gerindra Party politician explained that the DPR was weighing two considerations. First, the commitment to thoroughly investigate the corruption scandal. Second, how to avoid friction or open conflict between law enforcement institutions.
“Even if we insist until we are breathless that this concerns rogue individuals and not institutions, factually we cannot deny that friction could arise which would ultimately be counterproductive to law enforcement,” he said.
Responding to public doubts about the independence of the case’s handling by the Prosecutor’s Office, Habiburokhman said he had asked the Acting Jampidsus of the Attorney General’s Office, Rudi Margano, to form a new team of investigators free from any affiliation with former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah.
“Ideally, the team investigating this case should not be directly affiliated with the former Jampidsus. There are supervisory prosecutors (Jamwas) there, and intelligence prosecutors (Jamintel); perhaps a new, clean team could be formed from among them,” he asserted.
Mahfud MD criticised the move by the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps to hand over the continuation of the investigation into the alleged corruption of former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah to the Attorney General’s Office. He said the mechanism for transferring the investigation was unknown to and not sanctioned by the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
Mahfud admitted he was initially misled when he heard about the press conference on Saturday, 11 July 2026. He assumed the process was an ordinary handover of a case, which typically occurs once the case file is complete, or at the P21 stage.
“But what happened was not a handover within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code, but rather a surrender or transfer of the continuation of the investigation from the Police to the Prosecutor’s Office, because the suspect had apparently never been questioned by the police. This mechanism of surrendering or transferring the continuation of an investigation does not exist in our criminal procedure law and has never happened before,” Mahfud MD said, quoted from his official YouTube channel on Monday (13 July 2026).
The former Menkopolhukam explained that Indonesian criminal procedure law does not recognise a mechanism for transferring investigative duties from the police to the prosecutors or vice versa, even though both hold the status of state investigators.
Mahfud MD said the rivalry between the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office was hindering legal synergy, particularly in the Febrie Adriansyah case.
Mahfud MD takes the view that corruption involving law enforcement officials must be punished firmly. He said former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah deserves the death penalty if proven guilty.
Mahfud MD has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to promptly take over the handling of the alleged corruption and money laundering case ensnaring former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah.
Mahfud MD considers the key to fixing law in Indonesia to be reforming the political system to make it more democratic and representative, while strengthening the state’s institutions.
Member of Commission III of the DPR RI, Hinca Panjaitan, has called for the alleged corruption case of former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah, now continued by the Attorney General’s Office, to be processed transparently.
Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi stated that the Presidential Palace has not yet received a proposal for a new Jampidsus to replace Febrie Adriansyah, who resigned.
Attorney General ST Burhanuddin needs to promptly dismiss the current Head of the Investigation Sub-Directorate and replace him with a new figure who holds no relationship of power with Febrie.