Edi Saputra Hasibuan.

progresifjaya.co.id, JAKARTA – The claim for Rp206 million in material compensation filed by Roy Suryo was not fully granted by the judge. The South Jakarta District Court (PN Jaksel) awarded compensation of only Rp5 million, to be paid by the second respondent, the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu).

Edi Saputra Hasibuan, an expert advisor to the Kapolri on law, policing, and criminology, stated that the ruling provides a sense of justice. The judge didn’t automatically grant all of the petitioner’s demands, instead, the judge granted only a portion of the requests made in the fifth pre-trial hearing filed by Roy Suryo.

“This ruling provides a sense of justice. The judge granted part of the petition but didn’t validate the full compensation claim of Rp206 million,” said Edi on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

A lecturer in the Postgraduate Program at Bhayangkara University Jakarta, Edi noted, that the Rp5 million figure was reasonable, as the judge took into account the facts and evidence presented during the hearing. Roy Suryo’s claims regarding the psychological burden he endured could not simply be automatically translated into a large sum of material damages.

“The reason is that psychological burden must be proven objectively and supported by expert examination so that the extent of the loss can be legally substantiated,” asserted Edi, who also serves as the Executive Director of the Indonesian Police Strategic Studies Institute (Lemkapi).

“The reason is that psychological burden must be proven objectively and supported by expert examination so that the extent of the loss can be legally substantiated,” he added.

He further noted, that Roy Suryo’s status as a public figure and former minister was also factored into the judge’s considerations. However, that status did not automatically prove the magnitude of the psychological loss claimed by Roy Suryo. Legally, the mechanism for compensation in criminal cases is grounded in Article 95 of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). Consequently, the compensation amount is not determined solely by the figure requested by the petitioner, rather, it must be established based on facts presented in court, evidence, and the judge’s legal reasoning.

“The principle is simple, compensation must be evidence-based, not merely a demanded figure. Therefore, in my view, the award of Rp5 million is a proportionate ruling that remains within legal bounds,” stated the Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Law and Criminology Lecturers (Adihgi). (Bembo)