Former Jampidsus Febrie Questions the Origin of the Alleged TPPU Criminal Case: What is the Case Actually?

JAKARTA - Former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office, Febrie Adriansyah, is still questioning the origin crime or predicate crime that became the basis for his designation as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU).

This was conveyed by Febrie's lawyer, Febri Diansyah, after meeting and discussing for about two hours at the KPK Branch Red and White Building Detention House (Rutan), Jakarta, Monday, July 27.

"Regarding the predicate crime, this is one of them that falls into the gray zone, yes, which is not clear or not clear," Febri told reporters at the location.

According to Febri, clarity of the origin of criminal acts is an important aspect in the preparation of the defense because it will determine the construction of the case until the competence of the court that has the authority to try the case. Moreover, Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of TPPU regulates dozens of types of origin criminal acts that can be the basis for alleged money laundering.

"This must be klir, what is the predicate crime and which act," he said.

"This is a point for us to be further investigated because it is not clear the predicate crime in this money laundering crime. Therefore, of course this is the obligation of the investigators, yes, the investigators at the Attorney General's Office to trace. Please just trace, they have the authority," continued the former KPK Spokesperson.

Febri said his client was still questioning the same thing in the discussion held at the KPK Detention Center.

"It's still a question. What is the predicate crime? This question is relevant if we connect it with the Attorney General's Office just issuing 3 Sprindik plus 1 determination of suspects. In the other Sprindik, there has been no determination of suspects by the Attorney General's Office for the original crime. Therefore, it is natural to ask where the original crime is?" he said.

As previously reported, the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) entrusted the detention of Febrie Adriansyah at the KPK Branch Red and White Building Detention Center after designating him as a suspect in the alleged TPPU on Friday, July 24.

Febrie was detained for the first 20 days. It is known that the Attorney General's Office has investigated a total of four Sprindik related to the transfer of Febrie's case from the Police. Finally, the 9 team has issued a new sprindic related to the alleged Criminal Money Laundering (TPPU) in the case of the discovery of gold weighing 74 kg and cash hundreds of billions of rupiah at Febrie Adriansyah's house in Sentul, West Java

Meanwhile, the three sprindik include cases of alleged corruption in ASABRI, Krakatau Steel, and Coal Procurement for PLTU which had caused power outages or blackouts.