Both Keukueh, This Is Sri Mulyani And PPATK's Difference Point About A Scandal Of IDR 349 Trillion

JAKARTA Alleged Money Laundering (TPPU) of IDR 349 trillion, which is now undermining the Ministry of Finance, is still continuing.

Most recently, Commission III of the DPR succeeded in summoning the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani together with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD and PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustiavandana.

In his explanation, the Minister of Finance said that the suspicious transaction of Rp439 trillion was contained in 300 PPATK letters.

Meanwhile, 200 letters worth Rp275 trillion were sent directly to the Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, 100 other letters were sent by PPATK to Law Enforcement Officials (APH) worth Rp74 trillion which were not copied to the Ministry of Finance.

The Minister of Finance then detailed that from the figure of IDR 275 trillion regarding corporations and employees of the Ministry of Finance, it was IDR 22 trillion.

Meanwhile, IDR 13 trillion (out of IDR 74 trillion) is the figure that emerged from the PPATK letter sent to APH. Here the result is IDR 35 trillion (IDR 22 trillion + IDR 13 trillion).

Because Sri Mulyani did not feel that she had received a PPATK letter sent to APH, the value of Rp. 13 trillion was not the main focus. As a result, he only concentrated on the value of Rp. 22 trillion (according to the letter received directly).

Then, of the IDR 22 trillion related to corporations, it was IDR 18.7 trillion. Sri Mulyani stated that the figure of IDR 18.7 trillion was not directly related to the Ministry of Finance's agency.

"The Rp18.7 trillion is corporate operational credit debt transactions and individuals who are not affiliated with Ministry of Finance employees," he said at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta on Tuesday, April 11.

So, the remaining figure is IDR 3.3 trillion. This is a value that is actually held by Sri Mulyani. Why? Because it includes the name of the Ministry of Finance employee based on a letter received directly from the PPATK.

"The value of IDR 3.3 trillion is an accumulation of employee credit debt transactions, including official income, transactions with family, and selling/buying assets for a period of 15 years (2009 to 2023) which has been followed up," said Sri Mulyani.

So where is the difference of opinion with PPATK?

Ivan Yustiavandana as Head of PPATK explained that specifically there was a suspicious transaction of Rp35 trillion at the Ministry of Finance. He said this while attending a hearing with Commission III of the DPR on Wednesday, March 29.

He said this figure by the Ministry of Finance was issued which was related to the company's entity to Rp22 trillion.

Ivan added that the Ministry of Finance then issued another entity whose employee name was not only Rp3.3 trillion.

Then it is crowded if PPATK is wrong and all kinds of things. However, the reason why PPATK provides data on the names of individuals plus the company, because we found that these companies are shell companies owned by unscrupulous persons. So, this company data cannot be released or separated from the data of the person earlier," he said.

For example, he (the Ministry of Finance employee) used company data with the deed of the owner of the name of his wife, the name of his son, the driver, or the Gardener. So, if this data is issued, it will be IDR 3.3 trillion. This is what we don't do (data separation), because the money laundering crime always uses the hands of other people, not his own hands. This is precisely what will make us deceive the investigators, so it remains Rp35 trillion," said Ivan.

Similarly, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD said that the investigation carried out by PPATK was based on the duties and functions of the organization carried out.

"PPATK, when it comes to money laundering, nothing else," said Mahfud.