Lawyer Hotman Paris says the Sentul house searched in an Asabri-linked corruption and money-laundering investigation belongs to the child of the former Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), not Febrie. The claim follows police seizure of gold and cash worth about Rp476 billion. Investigators are examining the property, its occupants and the assets’ ownership separately.

JAKARTA, thekabarnews.com—Lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea has clarified the ownership of a house in Sentul, Bogor Regency. Investigators found gold bars and cash worth an estimated Rp476 billion at this house during a corruption and money-laundering investigation linked to state insurer PT Asabri.

Hotman said the property originally belonged to the parents-in-law of his client, former Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah. He said the family later transferred it to Febrie’s child.

“The house originally belonged to his parents-in-law. They had transferred it to their grandchild a long time ago. Febrie’s name does not appear on the certificate,” Hotman said at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in Jakarta on Friday, July 17.

Hotman made the statement after accompanying Febrie during questioning by the AGO investigators. He said Febrie had formally explained the property’s origin in his investigation report (BAP).

“The grandparents had already transferred the house to their grandchild, Mr. Febrie’s child. The child’s name appears on the certificate, and the transfer took place long before the Asabri case. We did not fabricate it,” he said.

Hotman separately claimed that private businessman Don Ritto had used the property since 2022. He said Don Ritto had assumed responsibility for its housekeeping and operational expenses.

Don Ritto’s lawyer said his client had used it as an operational office for an educational and Islamic charitable foundation. This information is according to ANTARA.

Investigators from the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) and Jakarta Metropolitan Police searched the house in Parahyangan Golf 2, Sentul, on July 8 and 9.

Police said they opened a locked safe containing seven suitcases. Investigators reported finding 74 kilograms of gold bars, US$4.77 million, S$14.08 million and rupiah cash. Authorities estimated the assets’ combined value at approximately Rp476 billion.

Police also seized documents, mobile phones and family photographs but did not immediately identify who owned the valuables. Additionally, this is according to the Polri’s official report

The ownership explanation from Hotman adds detail to Febrie’s earlier public statement. On July 10, Febrie described the property as his longtime private residence but said another party owned the money and gold. However, he did not identify that party.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspected that Febrie had registered the house under another person’s name, according to ANTARA.

Police named Febrie a suspect on July 11 in alleged corruption and money laundering involving the handling of the Asabri case and two other investigations. Febrie had resigned as Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) earlier that day. The National Police confirmation quoted the statement.

Authorities subsequently transferred the cases to the AGO. Investigators questioned Febrie for about 10 hours on Friday but did not detain him.

The investigation remains ongoing. A court has not yet established who owns the seized assets or whether the allegations against Febrie are true.