Motion Rejected, Roy Suryo Floats Idea of Fourth Pre-Trial Hearing
Roy Suryo has spoken out after a single judge at the South Jakarta District Court (PN Jaksel) rejected the pre-trial motion he filed challenging his designation as a suspect in the case concerning allegations of Jokowi’s fake diploma.
“As an individual, I still appreciate the ruling, and I remain grateful for our first pre-trial ruling, in which the same judge decided that the arrest — correction, the arrest, detention, and search — were unlawful,” said Roy after the hearing at PN Jaksel on Monday (20 July).
Roy said he was leaving the matter to his legal team regarding the next legal steps, including whether a fourth pre-trial motion would be filed.
“As for whether we will proceed with a fourth pre-trial motion? The third pre-trial motion has already been registered and, God willing, will be heard on Tuesday, 28 July, with the subject matter being compensation over the first pre-trial ruling,” he said.
“So once again, I will abide by and follow all considerations from my legal counsel,” he continued.
Previously, the single judge at the South Jakarta District Court rejected Roy Suryo’s pre-trial motion concerning the legality of his designation as a suspect by the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya).
“Rejecting the petitioner’s pre-trial motion in its entirety,” the judge said during the hearing at PN Jaksel on Monday (20 July).
The pre-trial motion was the second filed by Roy. His first pre-trial motion, concerning the search, arrest, and detention of him by Polda Metro Jaya, was ruled on by a single judge at PN Jaksel in early July.
In that ruling, the single judge of the South Jakarta District Court, I Ketut Darpawan, granted Roy’s motion in part. The judge found that the coercive measures contained formal defects and were therefore unlawful.
“Adjudicating: one, granting the petitioner’s motion in part,” the judge said when reading out the verdict on Tuesday (7 July).
Regarding the detention, the judge held that the actions taken by Polda Metro Jaya did not satisfy the subjective requirements and should therefore rightly be declared unlawful.
Nevertheless, the judge stressed that although the search, arrest, and detention were procedurally flawed, this did not automatically render the entire investigation dossier unlawful.
In that same ruling, the judge rejected Roy’s request for the rehabilitation of his honour and dignity.
Roy also filed another pre-trial lawsuit at PN Jaksel on 15 July. In this third pre-trial motion, Roy is seeking damages from Polda Metro Jaya. The application was registered under case number 118/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL.
The first respondent is the Chief of Polda Metro Jaya, cq the Director of General Crimes, cq the Head of the Nationality and Ideology Sub-Directorate, cq the investigation team. The second respondent is the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, cq the Head of the General Crimes Division, cq the South Jakarta District Prosecutor, cq the public prosecution team.
“Case classification: compensation,” as stated on the Case Tracking System (SIPP) website of the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday (16 July).