Young NU Figure Urges Attorney General's Office for Transparency in Ex-Jampidsus Case

Jakarta - Young Nahdlatul Ulama figure Khalilur Abdullah Sahlawiy, known as Gus Lilur, has urged the Attorney General’s Office to process the case against former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah thoroughly and with complete transparency. “Announce every stage to the public, put him in a suspect’s vest, handcuff him if the detention requirements are met, present him in an open trial, and let the law impose a fitting sentence if he is proven guilty,” Gus Lilur stated in a release received in Jakarta on Tuesday. He noted that the public has already been shown how an official responsible for handling major corruption cases is now suspected of pilfering the very assets he was meant to safeguard. Consequently, the burden of proof on the Attorney General’s Office has multiplied, especially since the basis for transferring the former Jampidsus’s case is being questioned by many legal experts. Gus Lilur highlighted that Febrie Adriansyah was no ordinary figure in the anti-corruption architecture, having served as the Executive Chairman of the Forest Area Control Task Force, a frontline role in saving millions of hectares of state assets. “The person who should have been most instrumental in helping the President plug leaks in state wealth is now suspected of being part of the leak himself,” he said. He emphasised that fair law enforcement is a manifestation of the fifth principle of Pancasila, social justice for all Indonesian people. “Only through this will President Prabowo’s major breakthroughs, from single-door exports to saving millions of hectares of state assets, not turn into a feast for uniformed pickpockets,” Gus Lilur added. The Attorney General’s Office had previously formed a special team to handle the alleged corruption and money laundering case involving Febrie. The move followed the police’s transfer of the case. The special team will be formed by the Acting Jampidsus to minimise conflicts of interest, while coordination with police investigators and supervision by the Corruption Eradication Commission will be maintained to ensure independence and professionalism.