Febrie Adriansyah Apologizes to Prabowo, Claims to Be a Victim of Criminalization in the TPPU Case

JAKARTA - The case of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) which ensnared former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah has emerged in a new chapter. Although he apologized publicly to President Prabowo Subianto, Febrie Adriansyah surprisingly claimed that he was a victim of criminalization.

Febrie apologized for the legal turmoil that dragged his name into the corruption vortex. Febrie Adriansyah's apology was addressed to President Prabowo Subianto and Attorney General ST Burhanuddin and all adyaksa people through his written statement quoted on Monday, July 27.

"I apologize to the leadership, Mr. President, Mr. Attorney General, and my colleagues at the prosecutor's office," said Febrie.

Despite apologizing, Febrie Adriansyah did not stay silent. He assessed that the determination of the status of the suspect and his detention seemed forced. According to him, the evidence submitted by the examining prosecutor was still very premature to be used as a basis for detention and should go through a more mature stage of exposing the case.

Febrie expressed his readiness to uncover the facts in court, while also emphasizing that there were irregularities in the case that affected him.

"But this is a decision of the leadership, I am ready to face it and I feel that this is indeed criminalization," he said.

"Let me prove the truth according to the legal facts later," he added.

Regarding the discovery of fantastic evidence in the form of gold weighing 74 kilograms at his residence, Febrie Adriansyah was reluctant to say much. He instead threw the hot ball back to the investigators to prove the origin and allocation of the precious metal.

"Let the prosecutor and investigator see, who has it and what it is used for, what activities, later ask the investigator to answer," he added bluntly.

For information, Febrie Adriansyah is currently officially detained at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Detention Center. He is suspected of being involved in three megacorruption whirlpools at once, namely the alleged corruption of PT Asabri, the corruption of the settlement of debts of PT Krakatau Steel subsidiaries, the corruption of coal supplies to the Steam Power Plant (PLTU).