Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) detained former Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah for 20 days on July 24 after naming him a suspect in an alleged money-laundering case. Prosecutors transferred him to a KPK detention facility. Team 9 investigates gold, cash and related financial transactions under a separately issued warrant.

JAKARTA, thekabarnews.com—Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) detained former Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah, on Friday night, July 24. Investigators named him a suspect in an alleged money-laundering case before his detention.

Febrie initially appeared for questioning as a witness. Later, investigators changed his status to suspect at about 7 p.m. They continued questioning him before ordering his detention, according to his lawyer, Febri Diansyah.

Rudi Margono, the Assistant Attorney General for Supervision and coordinator of the internal investigative unit known as Team 9, confirmed that prosecutors would hold Febrie for an initial 20-day period.

“FA has been named a suspect and will be detained for the next 20 days, starting today, at the KPK Detention Center’s East Jakarta branch,” Rudi said at the Kejagung in Jakarta, as reported by Suara Surabaya.

Officials selected the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention facility for security reasons. This was because Febrie previously handled several major corruption cases, Rudi said.

Reporters saw Febrie leave the Kejagung at around 11 p.m. wearing a batik shirt. He did not wear the pink vest commonly used for the agency’s detainees and appeared without handcuffs.

“If he did not wear the vest, we apologize. We were in a hurry, and it was already late,” Rudi said. His statement explained the absence of the vest. It did not specifically address why Febrie appeared without handcuffs, according to SuaraSurabaya.

The latest money-laundering investigation began under warrant Print-03/F.2/Fd.2/07/2026, issued on July 20, 2026. Prosecutors opened it after police transferred case files and evidence. This included 74 kilograms of gold and foreign currency worth hundreds of billions of rupiah.

It is separate from three earlier investigation warrants. These concern alleged irregularities involving PT Asabri, the debt settlement of a Krakatau Steel subsidiary, and coal procurement for PLN power plants.

Police said investigators seized 74 kilograms of gold, US$4.76 million, S$14.08 million and Rp100 million from a safe at a house in Sentul, Bogor.

Febrie acknowledged that the house was his private residence but said the assets belonged to another person. He stated that the owners could legally account for the assets, as reported by ANTARA.

The distinction is important: investigators currently treat the transferred assets as evidence. No court has issued a final ruling declaring them proceeds of crime.

Febrie disputed the basis for his detention while saying he would respect the legal process.

“I feel this is criminalization. The evidence needs to be examined and confirmed. In my view, it is not yet sufficient to detain me,” Febri told reporters.

Febrie remains presumed innocent unless a court finds him guilty through a final and binding judgment.