JAKARTA: Indonesia’s top anti-corruption prosecutor resigned on Saturday, the Attorney General’s Office said, after police investigating graft cases seized millions of dollars in cash and gold bars from properties including his home.
Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah stepped down following raids this week on at least 12 locations that included properties linked to him in and around the capital, Jakarta.
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Attorney General’s Office spokesman Anang Supriatna said Febri’s resignation had been accepted.
“The decision was a form of commitment to maintain the integrity, objectivity, and neutrality of law enforcement,” Anang said.
The locations raided included a house in the Bogor district outside Jakarta, as well as a cafe and another house in South Jakarta, police spokesman Budi Hermanto told reporters late on Friday.
Police seized evidence that included 74 kilograms of gold bars and US$5.8 million and SG$17.2 million in cash, he said.
Febrie told reporters on Friday that the house in Bogor was his private residence but denied that assets seized from the house were linked to graft, saying they could all be accounted for.
Budi also said police had questioned 15 witnesses and that suspects would be announced “soon”. Charges have not yet been laid.
Police are investigating three cases that include suspected corruption and money laundering in relation to coal procurement for state utility company PLN, Indonesian media has reported.
Febrie said before his resignation that the Attorney General’s Office remained focused on cases that included a graft scandal in President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meal scheme.
Earlier searches at Cafe de’Clan Signature in South Jakarta led to the seizure of SGD3.13 million and US$889,965 from a safe deposit box. Authorities also confiscated Rp7.2 billion in 16 foreign currencies from Koin Money Changer.
Other locations searched included offices of PT CBS in West and North Jakarta, PT KNI in Central Jakarta, a number of private residences in South Jakarta and South Tangerang, and several business premises linked to the investigations.
As searches were underway, security around the residence of Febrie in South Jakarta was significantly tightened.
Tempo observed uniformed soldiers carrying long-barreled weapons guarding the entrance to the white-painted residence, while several others rested inside the compound.
A number of plainclothes personnel and prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office were also seen at the location.
The series of searches followed the National Police’s announcement earlier this week that it had launched an investigation into alleged corruption in coal procurement for coal-fired power plants.
Brigadier General Robertus Yohanes De Deo, Director of Enforcement at the National Police’s Anti-Corruption Corps, said investigators had identified indications of irregularities involving PT OBP and PT BRA in coal procurement and supply fulfillment processes.
“We suspect these practices contributed to disruptions in coal supplies, which subsequently resulted in power outages in several regions of Indonesia,” Robertus said on Monday.
Police documents show that the official police report and investigation order for the case were issued on July 4, 2026.
The latest developments come amid heightened scrutiny of relations among Indonesia’s law enforcement institutions.
A week earlier, the Attorney General’s Office named Brigadier General Lalu Muhammad Iwan Mahardan, a serving police officer and senior official at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), as a suspect in a separate corruption case involving the government’s Free Nutritious Meals program.
The designation of a senior police officer as a suspect, followed days later by extensive police raids and the unusual deployment of military personnel around the residence of a senior prosecutor, has fueled public debate over institutional tensions and the expanding role of the military in civilian law enforcement matters.
