Pretrial Hearing for Former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah Held Today
The pretrial hearing for former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah will be held at the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday (18/8). The case, registered under number 134/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL, is scheduled to begin at 09.00 WIB.
The legal team representing Febrie Adriansyah as the Petitioner will attend today’s pretrial hearing and has called on all parties to respect the proceedings.
“A pretrial hearing is a legal forum provided to examine whether actions taken during the law enforcement process were carried out in accordance with applicable provisions and procedures. Therefore, we call on all parties to respect the trial process and give the judge room to examine and assess this case objectively,” said Febri Diansyah, one of Febrie Adriansyah’s legal counsel, on Tuesday (18/8).
Febri stated that the pretrial hearing will be used to examine the legality of a number of actions in the handling of the case against his client.
The main aspects relate to the suspect designation as a coercive measure carried out without examining the prospective suspect, as well as the search actions. Other aspects relate to the consequences or follow-up actions arising from those two matters.
“What we are testing in this pretrial hearing is the procedure. Whether the suspect designation, the searches, and other coercive measures were carried out in accordance with applicable provisions or not. That is what we will submit for examination and assessment by the judge,” said Febri.
Febri said Febrie Adriansyah’s decision to file a pretrial motion is part of respect for the legal process. According to him, all debates regarding procedural law should be brought and tested through the pretrial forum in accordance with legislation.
“So it is incorrect if a pretrial hearing is understood as a way to obscure the legal process. A pretrial hearing is a right granted by law and applies to every person without distinction of background or position. This is important for the public to understand correctly,” he stressed.
Furthermore, Febri said a number of issues related to the suspect designation process, including the examination of the prospective suspect, will also be presented in the pretrial hearing.
The legal team will also examine the construction of the predicate offence in the money laundering case, which has been combined into a single investigation order.
According to him, this construction needs to be viewed with reference to Article 74 of the Money Laundering Law and its elucidation, as well as the Constitutional Court ruling.
“In a money laundering case, the issue is not whether investigators must wait until the predicate offence case is decided in court. What needs to be examined is whether the predicate offence is already clear as the basis for the money laundering investigation. This is what we will present and test in the trial,” he said.
“We respect the ongoing law enforcement process and submit the examination of the legality of these actions to the Panel of Judges at the South Jakarta District Court,” Febri added.