Editorial
President Prabowo Subianto's response to call for "introspection" from the military, police and prosecutors is not enough.
Then-assistant attorney general for special crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah (center) talks to journalists during a press briefing at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) building in South Jakarta on July 10, 2026. (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)
The numbers that came out of a house in Sentul, West Java on July 9 was in no way chump change: 74 kilograms of gold bars, nearly US$5 million in cash, S$14 million more, seized by the National Police's Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) from a property linked to Febrie Adriansyah, who was at the time still the nation's chief special crimes prosecutor.Within hours, dozens of soldiers were guarding Febrie's South Jakarta home and military operatives had reportedly shown up at the Jakarta Police headquarters, where the evidence was stored.
Febrie has since resigned and named a graft suspect.
