Roy Suryo's Camp Alleges Double Standards in Handling of Jokowi Diploma Case Versus Febrie Adriansyah Corruption Case

The lawyer of Roy Suryo, Abdul Gafur Sangadji, has compared the handling of the defamation case related to allegations of a fake diploma belonging to Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with the corruption and money laundering (TPPU) case that has ensnared former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah.

According to Gafur, although the two cases are different, there is a disparity in treatment which he believes indicates double standards in law enforcement.

He highlighted the press conference held by Polda Metro Jaya on Friday, 10 July 2026, which displayed evidence recovered during searches in the Febrie case.

“Firstly, when Polda Metro held the press conference led by Kombes Budi, there was a great deal of money and gold, and it all became evidence,” said Gafur on Roy Suryo’s YouTube channel, quoted on Monday, 13 July 2026.

“At three locations — at a cafe, and then at a house which apparently belonged to the Jampidsus — there were 74 kg of gold. Then there were several sums of money which, if converted, amounted to more than hundreds of billions. That is extraordinary,” he continued.

Gafur considered the police’s move to display the evidence a form of transparency to the public. However, he argued that a similar step had not been taken in the case ensnaring Roy Suryo and the other suspects.

“The question is, when they (the police) held the case review to designate suspects on 7 November 2025, there were eight children of the nation who were designated as suspects,” he said.

“But not a single document was shown to the public. Not a single piece of evidence from what they say are 700 items of documentary evidence,” he added.

He said that to date, not a single document — such as a thesis, diploma, or newspaper — described as evidence has been shown to the public.

“I believe this is no longer just an indication, but the regional police and the police are showing that there is a gap. In the Jampidsus case, they moved extraordinarily quickly and received attention from the DPR. But for the case of a single sheet of diploma, it has taken 400 days, more than a year,” said Gafur.

According to Gafur, the lack of openness regarding the evidence has led the public to question the transparency of the case handling, even though the case file is said to have been transferred to the prosecutor’s office.

He stressed that the legal process requires not only proof in court, but also openness towards the public.