In the home of a senior anti-corruption official, $20 million in cash and gold bars were found
Armed military forces arrived at police headquarters following the raid, leading to unprecedented tension between security branches. The President intervened in the crisis, deciding that the official would be investigated by his own office rather than the police.
A police raid conducted at the home of Febrie Adriansyah, Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes in Indonesia, uncovered cash totaling approximately $20 million as well as 74 kilograms of gold. Adriansyah, the country's most senior prosecutor in the field of anti-corruption, admitted that the house is owned by him but denied any connection to the items seized.
Military units affiliated with Adriansyah's office arrived late at night at the police headquarters following the raid, but eventually left without a confrontation. President Prabowo Subianto identified the emerging crisis between the two security forces and that same afternoon summoned the involved parties for a discussion, resulting in a resolution:
Adriansyah will leave his position as Deputy Attorney General but will be investigated by his own office rather than by the police.
The incident comes against the backdrop of a long history of competition between the military and the police in Indonesia since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. During the dictatorial rule (1966–1998), the military controlled the police and mockingly called it the army's "little brother." As part of the democratic reforms that followed, the police gained independence as a competing security force. Since then, the two have competed, sometimes violently, over revenues from illegal businesses. Each side has allies in the government (the Attorney General's office is coordinated with the military, not the police). However, it is rare for the military and the police to pursue each other's leaders.
