Attorney General's Office regarding the KPK's OTT of the Banten Prosecutor: We are Concerned

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin at the Main Building of the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, Tuesday (23/9/2025). ANTARA FOTO/Rivan Awal Lingga/bar

JAKARTA - Attorney General ST Burhanuddin supports the arrest of a prosecutor in the hand-in-hand operation or OTT carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Banten.

"What is clear, our leadership is concerned, but we and the leadership also support efforts in steps to cleanse the institution of irresponsible individuals," said Head of the Legal Information Center of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, in Jakarta, Friday, quoted by Antara.

The Attorney General, said Anang, stated that this case was a momentum for improvement in the future and an example for other prosecutors not to cheat.

"Because we will not protect and we will process against despicable acts," he said.

The KPK carried out an OTT in Banten and Jakarta on December 17-18, 2025 and arrested a prosecutor and several other parties.

The case was referred to the Attorney General's Office because the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) was also investigating a case of alleged extortion by prosecutors in an ITE case and had issued a preliminary investigation order (sprindik).

This Friday, the Attorney General's Office announced the establishment of five suspects in this extortion case, namely the Pidum Head of the Tangerang Regency District Attorney's Office with the initials HMK, the Head of D of the Banten High Prosecutor's Office with the initials RV, and the Head of Sub-Directorate of Daskrimti of the Banten High Prosecutor's Office with the initials RZ, DF as legal advisor, and MS as a language translator.

The Head of the Attorney General's Intelligence Team, Anang Supriatna, explained that the Attorney General's intelligence team had previously sniffed out the alleged actions of the prosecutors who handled the ITE Law case not professionally. In fact, there was an indication of a transaction asking for a certain amount of money against the parties.

The Attorney General's Office then developed this case by issuing a sprindik on December 17, 2025 and naming five suspects, namely MS, RZ, DF, RV, and HMK.

In the process, the KPK also carried out an investigation and carried out OTT against prosecutors RZ and DF as well as MS regarding the extortion case in the same ITE case. Therefore, the legal process against the three people was handed over to the Attorney General's Office.

"What is clear, at the time of OTT we have issued a sprindik. Then, the KPK OTT. Because we tell you that we have done a sprindik, finally with good coordination, it was handed over to us," he said.

For their actions, the five suspects were charged with Article 12 letter (e) of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1-1 of the Criminal Code. Currently, the five suspects are detained at the Salemba Detention Center, Branch of the Attorney General's Office.

The total cash seized in this case amounted to IDR 941 million. The money came from three parties in the ITE case, namely defendant I with the initials TA (Indonesian citizen), defendant II with the initials CL (South Korean citizen), and a witness with the initials IL.