Kejaksaan Agung Mencantumkan 3 Sprindik Baru, Status Febrie Adriansyah Berubah Jadi Saksi

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) has officially issued three new investigation orders (sprindik) related to alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) cases previously handled by the Police. In the investigation phase currently being carried out by the Attorney General's Office, former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah and lawyer Don Ritto have the status of witnesses.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, said the issuance of a sprindik marked the transfer of all authority to handle cases that are pro-justitia from the Police to the Prosecutor's investigators.

"Since the issuance of the sprindik, all activities and actions that are pro-justice have been transferred to the prosecutor's investigators," said Anang at the Attorney General's Office, Wednesday, July 15.

Anang explained that the three sprindik included alleged corruption and TPPU related to PT Krakatau Steel, alleged corruption in the Steam Power Plant (PLTU) project, and alleged corruption in handling the PT Asabri case. According to him, the Attorney General's Office will continue to coordinate with the investigators of the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the process of handling cases.

In the investigation that has just begun, the Attorney General's Office has not named any suspects. Febrie Adriansyah and Don Ritto, who had previously been named as suspects by the National Police's Corruption Eradication Task Force (Kortastipidkor), are now still in the status of witnesses before the Attorney General's investigators.

"Yes, (his status) a witness, among others, is called an individual in one of the cases," said Anang.

However, Anang emphasized that the status of a witness in the investigation of the Attorney General's Office did not automatically remove the status of a suspect who had previously been designated by the National Police.

According to him, the Attorney General's Office has just started an investigation based on the sprindik issued, so all evidence and case files from the Police will be studied first before determining the legal status of the parties.

"It doesn't fall, the important thing is that we first accept it, we learn all of it," he said.

To handle the case, the Attorney General's Office has formed a special investigation team consisting of nine people. The team is currently focusing on examining all evidence and documents from the transfer to determine the next legal steps.

"We have issued a sprindik. The suspect was released from there (Polri). Of course we study, later we will open this investigator, we will study first based on the evidence that exists," said Anang.

Previously, the National Police's Corruption and Crime Investigation Unit (KPK) named Febrie Adriansyah as a suspect in the alleged corruption and TPPU cases related to the coal trade for the PLTU, handling the PT Asabri (Persero) case, and settling the debt of PT Krakatau Steel. In the same case, lawyer Don Ritto was also named a suspect.

After the determination of the suspect, the National Police and the Attorney General's Office agreed to transfer the handling of the case to the Attorney General's Office with the consideration that the substance of the alleged criminal acts is related to cases that were previously handled by the Adhyaksa Corps.

Since the transfer was carried out, the Attorney General's Office opened three new sprindik and began an investigation from the beginning in accordance with its authority.