Indonesia
Doubts persist following the Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) arrest of former assistant attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah amid mounting scrutiny on irregularities in the detention procedures and uncertainty over the next steps in the high-profile corruption case.
Former assistant attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah (right) arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center in Jakarta on Friday. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) transferred Febrie, a money laundering suspect, to the KPK detention facility. (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)
Doubts persist following the Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) arrest of former assistant attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah, amid mounting scrutiny about irregularities in the detention procedures and uncertainty over the next steps in the high-profile corruption case.The AGO arrested Febrie late Friday after questioning him since midday at the AGO building in South Jakarta over alleged money laundering in Febrie’s handling of a past graft case involving state-owned insurer PT Asabri during his tenure.
Febrie was subsequently transferred to the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) detention facility in South Jakarta near midnight, where the AGO said he would be detained for the next 20 days.
