Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Attorney General S.T. Burhanuddin has temporarily suspended former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, following his designation as a suspect in a money laundering case.
The suspension, effective retroactively from July 31, 2026, strips Febrie of his prosecutorial status while the case makes its way through the legal system.
“Mr. FA (Febrie Adriansyah) has been temporarily suspended pending a final and binding decision,” said Anang Supriatna, Head of the Legal Information Center at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), on Tuesday.
Anang stated that the temporary suspension was prompted by Febrie’s naming as a suspect in an alleged money laundering case currently being handled by Team 9, the AGO’s investigative unit.
Team 9 named both Adriansyah and private sector agent Nurman Herin as suspects in a money laundering case tied to underlying corruption offenses.
“The mechanism is based on a report from Team 9 regarding the person concerned as a suspect,” he explained.
The disciplinary action follows Febrie’s formal resignation on July 11, 2026, from his post leading the Special Crimes Division.
Law enforcement officials stated the resignation was accepted to preserve the integrity, objectivity, and neutrality of the legal proceedings, which originated from a police corruption probe subsequently transferred to the AGO.
Legal representatives for Adriansyah have rejected the allegations and announced plans to launch a pretrial motion to challenge the AGO’s decision to name him a suspect.
The three interconnected cases under investigation include alleged coal management corruption that triggered power outages, the multi-trillion rupiah graft at state insurers PT Asabri and PT Jiwasraya during the 2020–2025 period, and alleged money laundering in the settlement of PT CBS’s debt to PT KNI.
The legal hammer fell on Febrie last July, just days after a dramatic raid on his private residence in Sentul, Bogor, unearthed a hidden safe containing 74 kilograms of gold bullion and a mountain of foreign currency—totaling a staggering Rp476 billion (US$29.6 million).
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Translator: Nadia Putri Rahmani, Yashinta Difa
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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