Lawyer for DPR Secretary General Grateful for Winning Pre-Trial Against KPK

The judge accepted the pre-trial application of the Secretary General (Sekjen) of the DPR, Indra Iskandar, and declared Indra’s suspect status invalid. Indra’s lawyer expressed gratitude for prevailing against the KPK.

“Clearly, we appreciate today’s decision; alhamdulillah, our petition’s request has been granted,” said Indra’s lawyer, Yuniko Syahrir, at the South Jakarta District Court in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, on Tuesday (14/4/2026).

Syahrir stated that the pre-trial application had been withdrawn at one point due to several adjustments. He expressed relief at winning against the KPK.

“Alhamdulillah, we all heard the pre-trial decision 31 on behalf of the applicant Indra Iskandar. After going through a series of hearings, from submitting the application, responses, then presenting witnesses and evidence, as well as experts. So alhamdulillah, as the applicant’s counsel, we were able to prove the truth of what was in the pre-trial application we submitted,” he said.

Indra’s other lawyer, Rivaldi, said his client’s fate had been left hanging in this case. He assessed that the investigation into his case should be closed.

“But as a note, this has been two years; designated as a suspect in 2022, now it’s 2026. There’s no clarity; we leave it to the KPK on how to handle the results of their investigation—it’s been four years. Our client’s fate is left hanging. If nothing is found, just cancel it and be done,” said Rivaldi.

Previously, the single judge at the South Jakarta District Court partially accepted the pre-trial application submitted by DPR Secretary General Indra Iskandar. Indra’s suspect status in the alleged corruption case of procuring facilities and equipment for deputy houses of DPR members in the 2020 fiscal year has been nullified.

“Ruling: one, the applicant’s pre-trial petition is partially granted,” said the single judge Sulistiyanto Rokhmad Budiarto when reading the pre-trial decision at the South Jakarta District Court in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, on Tuesday (14/4).

The judge stated that the KPK had acted arbitrarily in designating Indra as a suspect. The judge declared that the suspect designation lacked binding legal force.

The judge opined that Indra’s suspect designation was not carried out with the fulfilment of at least two valid pieces of evidence. The judge also opined that Indra had not been examined as a prospective suspect before being designated as a suspect in the case.

“Declaring invalid and without binding legal force the designation as a suspect by the respondent against the applicant Indra Iskandar related to the implementation of procurement of facilities and equipment for deputy houses of DPR RI members in the 2020 fiscal year,” said the judge.

The KPK has responded. The KPK stated it respects the judge’s decision. However, the KPK refuted claims that it only gathered evidence after designating Indra as a suspect.

“So when we designated the applicant as a suspect, actually the evidence was found during the investigation. The subsequent investigative actions we took, issuing a sprindik by designating a suspect, were to perfect it with that evidence, to perfect it, but not that there was none. So we already had two pieces of evidence that we submitted in the trial during this proceeding,” said Acting Head of Litigation of the KPK’s Legal Bureau, Natalia Kristianto.

“It’s just that we noted in the considerations that we were treated like other law enforcement agencies. What does that mean? Finding evidence during the investigation. No, the KPK’s investigation is mandated to obtain two pieces of evidence, not just the criminal act itself,” she added.