Judge Dismisses Roy Suryo's Third Pretrial Motion for Compensation

Sole judge at the South Jakarta District Court, I Ketut Darpawan, has ruled that Roy Suryo’s pretrial motion for compensation cannot be accepted. In his consideration, the judge stated that the Government Regulation concerning compensation payments, as mandated by Article 175 paragraph (5) of Law Number 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code, has not yet been issued. Therefore, based on Article 365 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the guiding regulation is Article 11 of Government Regulation Number 27 of 1983, as amended by Government Regulation Number 92 of 2015 concerning the Second Amendment to Government Regulation Number 27 of 1983. “Article 11 paragraph (1) states that compensation payments are made by the minister who administers government affairs in the field of finance based on an excerpt of the court ruling or determination as referred to in Article 10,” said Ketut during the hearing at the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday (6/8). Based on this provision, Ketut stated that the authority granted by the state to make compensation payments lies with the minister who administers government affairs in finance, in this case the Minister of Finance. Consequently, Ketut noted that the Minister of Finance must be included as a party in the pretrial motion filed by Roy. “Considering that the Minister of Finance was not included as a party, this motion contains a formal defect due to a lack of parties,” Ketut stated. “Therefore, it is appropriate that the petitioner’s motion be declared inadmissible,” he continued. This third pretrial motion was registered by Roy at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday, 15 July 2026, under case number 118/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL, with the case classification concerning ‘Compensation’. In the second pretrial motion regarding the naming of a suspect, Judge I Ketut rejected the motion. However, in the first pretrial motion concerning the search, arrest, and detention, Judge I Ketut ruled in Roy’s favour.