Karo District Prosecutor's Office Head and Others Detained by Attorney General's Office Over Amsal Sitepu Case
Jakarta, VIVA – The Republic of Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has detained four prosecutors, namely the Head of the Karo District Prosecutor’s Office, Danke Rajagukguk, up to the Head of Special Crimes Section of the Karo District Prosecutor’s Office, Reinhard Harve Sembiring, following the handling of the case of alleged corruption in the village profile video project that once implicated videographer Amsal Christy Sitepu.
The Head of the Public Relations and Advocacy Centre of Kejagung, Anang Supriatna, stated that the four prosecutors were detained starting from Saturday, 4 April 2026.
“Clearly, last Saturday night, the individuals concerned, including the Head of the Karo District Prosecutor’s Office, the Head of Special Crimes Section, and two Deputy Heads of Subsections handling the case, the prosecutors involved have been detained and pulled by the Attorney General’s Office Intelligence Team,” said Anang to reporters on Monday, 6 April 2026.
Meanwhile, Anang explained that the four were detained for examination and clarification related to the handling of the case.
“The detention is carried out for examination and clarification on whether there were any violations in handling the case, what the facts of the case are,” Anang clarified.
“This includes not only the handling from the initial investigation, but also the prosecution process up to now, including the recent quite controversial implementation of determinations. We’ll see,” he added.
It is known that Amsal Sitepu was declared fully acquitted by the Medan District Court panel of judges on Wednesday, 1 April 2026. The verdict affirmed that the criminal elements charged by the prosecutors, both in the primary and subsidiary indictments, were not proven.
The Chief Judge, Mohammad Yusafrihardi Girsang, in the decision’s decree stated:
“Acquitting the defendant from all charges by the public prosecutor. Restoring the defendant’s rights in terms of position, dignity, and honour.”
The case originated from the work of producing village profile videos in Karo Regency during the budget period of 2020–2022. At that time, Amsal, through CV Promiseland, offered video production services to 20 villages spread across the sub-districts of Tiganderket, Tigabinanga, Tigapanah, and Namanteran.
The value offered in the proposal was around Rp30 million for each village. However, the audit results from the Karo Regency Inspectorate assessed the reasonable cost of the work at approximately Rp24.1 million per village.
This difference in value was then used as the basis for allegations of mark-up, which was said to cause state losses of around Rp202 million.