Prevent the Impact of Cutting Down the Choice, the Attorney General's Office is Asked to Immediately Arrest Febrie Adriansyah

Former Jampidsus of the Attorney General's Office Febrie Adriansyah/ANTARA FOTO/Asprilla Dwi Adha/agr

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) is urged to immediately detain the former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, who has been named a suspect in the alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) case. This coercive effort is important to ensure that the legal process runs objectively while avoiding the impression of selective enforcement.

"It should be the case that the Attorney General's Office takes preventive measures as this institution has done for a number of suspects in megacorruption in Indonesia," said Executive Director of Democratic Judicial Reform (DE JURE), Bhatara Ibnu Reza in a written statement, Monday, July 13.

Bhatara explained that the Attorney General's Office has consistently detained suspects in corruption cases during the investigation stage. Therefore, the different treatment of Febrie has the potential to create negative perceptions among the public.

"We assess that the delay in the arrest of the suspect Febri Adriansyah will create an impression of selective treatment of suspects in criminal corruption cases," he said.

In addition to urging detention, Bhatara reminded that the handling of the case should not be interfered with by any party, including from within the Prosecutor's Office. This warning emerged because he considered Febrie as a former high-ranking official who had influence that could potentially affect the course of the investigation because some investigators had been under his coordination.

Therefore, he asked the Prosecutor's Office to immediately investigate Febrie and convey the development of the case to the public as a form of transparency and accountability after the case file was transferred by the National Police's Corruption Eradication Task Force (Kortastipidkor).

"The public has the right to know that the handling of this case is not interfered with by any party, including from the internal Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia, especially by other state institutions," he explained.

According to Bhatara, the Prosecutor's Office also needs to anticipate legal steps that the suspects may take, including pretrial submissions.

"We consider that the Prosecutor's Office, in addition to concentrating on conducting an examination, should also anticipate the possibility of Febrie's resistance by filing a pretrial lawsuit by testing the legality of his designation as a suspect," he added.

Furthermore, Bhatara asked the Prosecutor's Commission to carry out oversight functions in handling the case. According to him, the institution needs to ensure that the performance and behavior of prosecutors continue to run in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations as well as the code of ethics.

He also highlighted the involvement of TNI soldiers in security related to the case. According to Bhatara, the presence of the TNI cannot be justified with the excuse of protection of prosecutors as stipulated in Presidential Regulation Number 66 of 2025 if it has the potential to interfere with the independence of the law enforcement process.

"The involvement of the TNI in maintaining the prosecution, especially the residence of Febri Ardiansyah and the involvement of the TNI in the Metro Jaya Police is not justified with any excuse or reason. This is a form of military intervention in the field of law enforcement which is contrary to the Constitution and the TNI laws themselves," he concluded.