Questioned on de'Clan Signature and Febrie Adriansyah, Don Ritto Remains Silent

Don Ritto, a suspect in three corruption cases, was transferred to the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) by the Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) and the Metro Jaya Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate. When brought out of the Metro Jaya Police detention centre, Ritto kept his head down and remained silent, refusing to answer journalists’ questions, including those about his ownership of Kafe de’Clan Signature and his relationship with fellow suspect and former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah.

Ritto was transferred along with evidence, including cash and gold that had been seized. His lawyer, Handika Hanggowongso, stated that the money confiscated by police from Kafe de’Clan and a money changer in Cipete was intended for a port construction project. “As far as the evidence shows, it can be accounted for; it was for a cooperation to build a port area with an entrepreneur,” Handika said.

During the searches, police seized SGD 3,130,000 in SGD 100 notes, USD 889,965, and Rp 259,159,000, with the total cash converted to approximately Rp 60 billion. The three corruption cases, which also implicate former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah, relate to the coal, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel sectors. The case has been handed over to the Attorney General’s Office, supervised by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), and is under the oversight of a working committee (panja) from House of Representatives Commission III.