Police Say Prevention of Febrie Adriansyah Complies with Criminal Procedure Code, Not Arbitrary
The Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) of the National Police has asserted that the preventive measure against former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah was not an arbitrary action. This was conveyed during the respondent’s answer hearing at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (19/8).
Head of Legal Affairs at Polda Metro Jaya, Police Commissioner Abrianto Pardede, stated that the travel prevention is a criminal procedural instrument explicitly sanctioned by law. According to him, this step is neither an extra-procedural action nor a form of punishment prior to a court ruling.
“The preventive measure is not an administrative action carried out arbitrarily, but rather for the interest of the criminal justice process as regulated in Article 141 of the Criminal Procedure Code,” Abrianto said before sole judge Richard Edwin Basoeki.
The respondent explained that Febrie was named a suspect on 10 July 2026. The request for travel prevention was submitted the following day, on 11 July 2026. Police considered the subject requirement for the prevention request to have been fulfilled because the suspect status was already attached before the request was issued.
Furthermore, Abrianto revealed concerns that the suspect might flee abroad. The prevention was carried out to secure the concrete interests of the investigation, not automatically triggered merely because someone holds suspect status.
Regarding the petitioner’s argument concerning notification obligations, the respondent assessed that Febrie had mistakenly based his argument on Article 98 paragraph (1) of the Immigration Law, which regulates blacklisting. Police asserted that the correct notification obligation is regulated in Article 94 paragraph (3) of the Immigration Law, and administrative deficiencies do not automatically render the prevention null and void.
Meanwhile, Febrie Adriansyah, through his pre-trial petition, has asked the judge to annul his suspect status. He questioned the search procedure at his residence in the Sentul area on 8-9 July 2026 as well as the seizure of several items deemed legally invalid.
This pre-trial case is registered under number 134/Pid.Pra/2026/PN.JKT.SEL. The hearing will be continued to examine evidence from both parties regarding the validity of the investigation procedures carried out by the Police.