Ombudsman Suspects Ferdy Sambo is Enjoying Luxury Rooms at Cibinong Prison, Ditjenpas Denies

Another Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia member, Syafrida Rachmawati Rasahan, also previously reported that the team discovered a villa-like area near the warden's house.

"We also found a settlement behind, near the warden’s house, with buildings resembling fully equipped villas, and they have occupants, who turned out to be inmates. Lastly, there is another settlement we could not enter, but we managed to photograph it from outside," she said.

Luxury cars including Alphard

Besides buildings resembling apartments, the Ombudsman spotted several luxury vehicles in the inspected area.

Fikri mentioned that one of these vehicles was a Toyota Alphard.

"They have special rooms, they have escorts, and so on. For example, if this is an inmate area, we noticed several luxury cars parked there, including an Alphard. Naturally, we have questions," he said.

However, the Ombudsman has not verified the owners of these vehicles or whether they are connected to any particular inmate.

Ditjenpas: Sambo remains in housing block

Ditjenpas West Java rejected the claim that Sambo uses the special facilities highlighted by the Ombudsman.

According to Yudi, Sambo is still serving his sentence in the regular housing block.

He assured that no special rooms or different facilities have been provided to Sambo.

Yudi also mentioned that Sambo currently participates extensively in religious activities during his time in prison.

"He is actually more active in the church which was recently inaugurated. So he is mostly involved in religious and spiritual activities," he said.

Sambo is said to serve as a church administrator and is undertaking education during his sentence.

Ditjenpas calls buildings official housing

Yudi clarified that the area inspected by the Ombudsman lies within the Assimilation and Education Facilities (SAE) zone.

According to Ditjenpas, some of the buildings in question are official residential houses.

"What the Ombudsman team visited were official houses with official residential permits," Yudi explained.