Can No Longer Be Free To Move, Riza Chalid's Passport And Jurist Tan Are Revoked

Fugitive Pertaminan corruption case Mohammad Riza Chalid (Ist)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has opened its voice regarding the revocation of passports for the two fugitives being hunted, namely Mohammad Riza Chalid (MRC) and Jurist Tan. This effort is said to limit the space for their movement.

Riza Chalid is a suspect in the alleged corruption case of crude oil management and refinery products. Meanwhile, Jurist Tan was named a suspect in the alleged corruption case of the chromebook laptop project at the Ministry of Education and Culture. Both are being hunted by the AGO.

"In principle, the revocation of passports limits the space for movement. If they were in other countries, we would localize their efforts," said Head of the AGO, Anang Supriatna at his office, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 7.

Anang said that investigators had submitted a request for the revocation of the passport of Jurist Tan around August 2025, while Riza Chalid in July 2025. However, he emphasized that the revocation of this passport did not necessarily make both of them stateless.

"What is clear is that when a person is revoked by a passport, the person concerned does not immediately disappear to his citizen or the term is stateless but what is clear is that when a person is revoked from his passport, the person concerned cannot leave the country or cannot go to another country," said Anang.

Anang said that the alleged presence of Riza and Jurist abroad was illegal considering that the publisher country had revoked its passport. They can return to Indonesia via passport-like travel documents (SPLP) which only apply once or overstay, so they are deported.

Anang emphasized that this effort is one of the investigators' strategies to bring the two to Indonesia in order to undergo a legal process. This effort is running simultaneously by submitting a red notice to both of them. "The petition coincides with our application for a red notice," said Anang.