SPDP in Firli Extortion Case Returned to Prosecutor's Office, Stalled for Two Years
The High Prosecutor’s Office (Kejati) of DKI Jakarta has returned the Notice of Commencement of Investigation (SPDP) in the alleged extortion case with suspect former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri to the Metro Jaya Police after the process has run for more than two years without complete case files.
The return was carried out because the investigators are deemed not to have fulfilled the prosecutor’s instructions in completing the case.
“We returned the SPDP, not the case file again. The SPDP was returned on 7 August 2025,” said the Head of the Legal Information Section of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, Dapot Dariarma, on Friday (24/4).
He explained that previously, the prosecutor had provided instructions through P19 for the investigators to complete the case file. However, until the deadline expired, those instructions were not fulfilled.
“The prosecutor’s instructions were not fulfilled within the specified time limit. We sent P20 (investigation time expired), P20 was not fulfilled, so we returned the SPDP,” he stated.
With the return of the SPDP, the handling of the case must start from the beginning. The Metro Jaya Police investigators are required to resubmit a new SPDP if they wish to continue the case.
“Yes, that’s correct; if it’s already SPDP, send a new SPDP again,” said Dapot.
Firli Bahuri himself was designated as a suspect on 22 November 2023 in the alleged extortion case against former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo.
He is suspected of violating several articles in the Corruption Criminal Act with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
However, since the suspect designation, the investigation process has been deemed to proceed slowly. The investigators from the Subdirectorate of Corruption Crimes at the Metro Jaya Police’s Criminal Investigation Directorate have recorded twice sending the case file to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office, but both were returned because they were considered incomplete.
On the other hand, Firli Bahuri’s legal counsel views the return of the SPDP as indicating that the formal and material requirements in the case have not been met.
“Clearly, the SPDP has been returned to the Metro Jaya Police twice. This means that legally, the formal and material requirements have not been fulfilled,” said Firli’s legal counsel, Ian Iskandar.
He also requested that the investigators halt the case through the issuance of a Termination of Investigation Order (SP3).
“Therefore, the investigators’ obligation refers to Article 24 of the Criminal Procedure Code, namely SP3 because there is insufficient evidence,” he stated.
The return of the SPDP marks that the legal process of the case cannot proceed to the next stage until the investigators fulfil all the instructions requested by the prosecutor.