Roy Suryo's Third Pretrial Hearing Postponed for One Week
The third pre-trial hearing filed by Roy Suryo, a suspect in the case concerning allegations of a fake diploma belonging to Indonesia’s seventh President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), has been postponed for one week.
The postponement was because the Co-Respondent, namely the South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office, did not attend today’s hearing.
“This hearing is postponed until 29 July, when the Co-Respondent will be summoned at 09.00 WIB as scheduled. Gentlemen, please be on time, as I will be presiding over another case. This hearing is adjourned,” said the sole judge of the South Jakarta District Court, I Ketut Darpawan, on Wednesday (22/7).
The judge ordered Roy Suryo’s side and Polda Metro Jaya, as the Respondent, to attend the next hearing.
Roy’s lawyer, Refly Harun, objected to the suggestion that his side was delaying the main case by filing a third pre-trial motion. He explained that filing a pre-trial motion with a different object of request is the right of every individual, including a suspect.
“We do not wish to attack anyone, but if we are said to be causing delays — well, based on the facts today, it was not us who caused the delay. The postponement happened one week later because of the absence of the Co-Respondent, in this case the District Attorney’s Office, which would also become the prosecutor if the main case proceeds,” said Refly Harun after the hearing.
“So, once again, a pre-trial motion is a right. What is not permitted is repeating the same request, as it would amount to ne bis in idem. But as long as the items of the request are different, it is a right. That right can be exercised or not,” he said.
Refly said the amount of compensation requested in this pre-trial motion is around Rp200 million. According to him, the calculation is based on applicable provisions regarding the losses suffered by Roy throughout the legal process.
“There is an overall calculation — for example, if there is no injury, then after the arrest and detention, the costs are calculated rationally. For instance, income that should have been received but was not, as well as the need to deploy people, deploy legal counsel and so on. All of these have their own calculations,” he explained.
This third pre-trial motion was registered by Roy at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday, 15 July 2026, with case number 118/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL, classified as a “Compensation” case.
In the second pre-trial hearing concerning the designation of suspect, Judge I Ketut rejected the motion.
However, in the first pre-trial hearing regarding the search, arrest and detention, Judge I Ketut ruled in Roy’s favour.