House Commission III Urges Attorney General's Office to Form Independent Team to Investigate Febrie Adriansyah Case
The House of Representatives Commission III has urged the Attorney General’s Office to immediately form an independent investigative team to thoroughly probe the alleged corruption case involving former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah. This step is considered crucial to guarantee objectivity and sever potential conflicts of interest within the Adhyaksa Corps.
Commission III Chairman Habiburokhman stressed that the special team must consist of senior prosecutor officials who are confirmed to be clean of any affiliation or past relationship with the suspect. “Commission III of the House of Representatives requests the Attorney General’s Office to form an independent investigative team to probe the case allegedly involving Mr. FA, formed from officials senior to him and not affiliated with Mr. FA,” Habiburokhman stated in Jakarta on Saturday (11/7).
The parliamentary pressure emerged after the case file for Febrie Adriansyah was officially transferred from the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) to the Attorney General’s Office. The transfer was confirmed directly by Kortas Tipidkor Chief Inspector General Totok Suharyanto alongside Acting Jampidsus Rudi Margono during a joint press conference with Commission III.
Inspector General Totok Suharyanto explained that prior to the transfer, the police had conducted a marathon investigation, examining 15 witnesses and two experts. The police have also named two suspects: a private individual with the initials DR for money laundering, and Febrie Adriansyah for alleged corruption and money laundering in the handling of the PT ASABRI case and other matters.
Febrie Adriansyah has been charged under Article 12 letter e and Article 12 letter B of the Corruption Eradication Law, Articles 3 and 4 of the Money Laundering Law, and Article 607 paragraph 1 of the new Criminal Code. The handling of the case is now the responsibility of the Attorney General’s Office to proceed to prosecution.
Responding to the transfer, Acting Jampidsus Rudi Margono guaranteed that the legal process would proceed transparently and professionally. His office will carefully examine all evidence and the causal links to the charges while upholding the presumption of innocence. “Today, although it has been handed over to Jampidsus, we continue to coordinate and synergise with Kortas Tipidkor and its ranks to ensure certainty in the resolution. The priority is to accelerate and maximise the development of evidence,” Rudi concluded.