Roy Suryo Files Third Pre-Trial Motion in Jokowi Diploma Case, Seeks Compensation
Jakarta, VIVA – Roy Suryo’s legal steps in the case concerning the alleged spread of claims about a fake diploma belonging to Indonesia’s 7th President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), have not stopped.
Amid an ongoing pre-trial process, Roy has submitted a new application to the South Jakarta District Court (PN).
Unlike the two previous applications, this time Roy is filing a pre-trial motion classified as a claim for damages, directed at Polda Metro Jaya and the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to data from the South Jakarta District Court’s Case Tracking Information System (SIPP), the application was registered on Wednesday, 15 July 2026, under case number 118/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL.
In that case, the Chief of Polda Metro Jaya, through the Director of General Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya, through the Head of the National Security Sub-Directorate, through the Investigation Team, is recorded as the First Respondent. The Second Respondent is the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, through the Assistant for General Crimes at the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, through the Head of the South Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office, through the Public Prosecutor Team.
“Case classification: damages,” reads the South Jakarta District Court SIPP page, quoted on Friday, 17 July 2026.
Meanwhile, a member of Roy Suryo’s legal team, Abdul Gofur Sangaji, confirmed that the lawsuit had been officially registered. According to him, this is the third pre-trial motion filed by his side related to the case ensnaring Roy.
“A single judge for the pre-trial has already been appointed, and the schedule for the third pre-trial hearing has also been issued,” said Gofur.
However, Gofur was not yet willing to disclose the substance of the lawsuit or the amount of damages being sought. He stressed that the latest application has a different legal object from the previous lawsuit.
“In essence, we have also filed the third pre-trial application, and this is not ne bis in idem,” he added.
Roy has twice previously filed pre-trial motions at the South Jakarta District Court related to the alleged fake diploma case involving Jokowi. In the first application, the judges granted part of Roy’s lawsuit, declaring that the search, seizure and arrest carried out by investigators were formally flawed and invalid under the law.
The judges also found that Roy’s detention did not meet the subjective requirements, although his request for rehabilitation of his good name was rejected. Meanwhile, the second pre-trial motion, which examines whether or not his designation as a suspect is valid, is still going through hearings at the South Jakarta District Court.