JAKARTA - Political, Legal, Development and Human Rights (HAM) researcher, Hasnu Ibrahim, has outlined the anatomy of the alleged corruption that dragged former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah. According to him, the case needs to be seen not only as an alleged criminal act of corruption, but also in the context of an alleged criminal act of money laundering (TPPU), potential state losses, to alleged irregularities in the management of coal for steam power plants (PLTU).
Hasnu conveyed this view in a discussion entitled "From Coal Mining Corruption to Money Laundering: Dissection of the Anatomy of Corruption and TPPU in the Ex-Jampidsus Corruption Scandal of the Attorney General's Office" which was held by the Indonesian Coalition for the Eradication of Corruption (KOMAPK) in Central Jakarta, Thursday, July 23.
Hasnu, who also serves as the Research and Knowledge Manager of the Lokataru Foundation, assessed that the case was a picture of alleged crimes involving various aspects, ranging from natural resource governance to law enforcement.
In his presentation, he alluded to the investigators' findings in the form of cash and gold bars seized from a number of locations. However, according to him, the disclosure of the case should not stop at the seizure of assets alone.
"We must not be fooled by the 74 kilograms of gold and billions of rupiah. There are still many allegations of criminal assets that need to be revealed through the legal process," said Hasnu.
He also touched on the alleged state losses associated with the management of coal supplies for power plants during the period 2018-2026. According to him, all of these allegations must be proven through a comprehensive investigation in accordance with legal provisions.
Hasnu outlined what he called the three layers of the alleged corruption anatomy in the case.
The first layer is the alleged predicate crime in the form of coal governance irregularities which are said to involve manipulation of the quality and quantity of commodities.
The second layer relates to alleged money laundering through various methods to disguise the origin of assets, including the use of safe houses and commingling of assets so that the flow of funds is more difficult to trace.
Meanwhile, the third layer, according to him, relates to the institutional aspect if there is abuse of authority that has the potential to cause conflicts of interest in the law enforcement process.
In addition, Hasnu also criticized a number of policies in the energy and mining sectors which he considered needed to be evaluated so as not to open up room for irregularities in natural resource governance.
He also encouraged the optimization of asset searches and the implementation of provisions in Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes if investigators find sufficient evidence.
According to Hasnu, transparency of beneficial ownership, strengthening the asset recovery mechanism, and supervision of the law enforcement process are important aspects to ensure that cases are handled in an accountable manner and in accordance with the rule of law principle.
The discussion also featured the Head of the Criminal Law Study Center, Faculty of Law, Trisakti University, Maria Silvya E. Wangga, academic of the Faculty of Law, Business University of Bina Nusantara, Muhammad Reza Syarifuddin Zaki, FITRA National Commission Researcher, Badiul Hadi, and the General Chair of the Indonesian Coalition for the Eradication of Corruption, Gabriel Martinus Goa. The event was attended by students, anti-corruption activists, researchers, practitioners, and the general public.
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