Judge Rules Roy Suryo's Compensation Pretrial Motion Inadmissible

A sole judge at the South Jakarta District Court, I Ketut Darpawan, has ruled that a pretrial motion filed by Roy Suryo requesting compensation cannot be accepted. “The Petitioner’s pretrial motion is declared inadmissible,” said Ketut during the hearing in South Jakarta on Thursday (6/8). 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. “Article 11 paragraph (1) states that compensation payments are made by the Minister responsible for government affairs in the field of finance based on an excerpt of the court decision or ruling as referred to in Article 10,” said Ketut. Based on this provision, Ketut stated that the authority granted by the state to make compensation payments lies with the Minister responsible for 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 has not been included as a party, this motion contains a formal defect due to a lack of parties,” said Ketut. “Therefore, it is appropriate that the Petitioner’s motion be declared inadmissible.” Roy Suryo stated that he will resubmit the pretrial lawsuit regarding compensation to the South Jakarta District Court. “The conclusion today is that we have agreed, I immediately went forward to my legal team, let’s continue and refile,” said Roy. Roy conveyed that in the resubmission, his party will include the Minister of Finance as a related party in the motion, referring to the judge’s consideration. “Because we will add a party, there will be a new submission. And that submission will be filed after the fourth trial,” he said. Similarly, Roy’s legal counsel, Refly Harun, also stated that they would refile the pretrial lawsuit regarding compensation. “We will just refile it later. We will resubmit the motion, and we will make not only the prosecutor’s office a party, but also the Ministry of Finance as a co-respondent,” he said. 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’. Roy’s third pretrial lawsuit relates to a compensation claim of Rp206 million in connection with his arrest by the Metro Jaya Police as a suspect in an alleged defamation and slander case regarding accusations of a fake diploma belonging to Jokowi. In the second pretrial hearing regarding the suspect designation, Judge I Ketut rejected the motion. However, in the first pretrial hearing concerning the search, arrest, and detention, Judge I Ketut ruled in favour of Roy.