Rafael Alun Responds To The KPK's Call Today

Rafael Alun Trisambodo (batik) at the KPK building/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Former Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo fulfilled the summons of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today. Rafael was summoned as a suspect in alleged gratification related to tax management.

According to VOI monitoring, Rafael was accompanied by his team of attorneys at around 09.58 WIB. He was seen wearing a batik shirt covered in a black leather jacket.

Rafael did not make any statement. As soon as he arrived, he just rushed into the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

Arriving in the building, Rafael exchanged his identity card with identification. This time he got a red rope which means he is the party involved in one case.

Meanwhile, Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said Rafael would immediately be questioned as a suspect. It is certain that the examination will comply with the rules and rights of the former Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani's subordinates.

"We ensure that we will give the rights of the suspect in accordance with the provisions," Ali told reporters in a written statement, April 3.

Reported recently, the KPK named Rafael Alun a suspect. He is suspected of receiving gratuities of up to tens of billions since 2011-2023 related to tax audits.

This determination was made by the KPK after they investigated Rafael Alun's jumbo assets which were exposed after his son, Mario Dandy, abused a 17-year-old student, David. It is suspected that there was a game behind the ownership of a wealth of Rp56 billion.

In this effort, investigators have asked for information from the Head of the East Jakarta Intermediate Tax Service Office (KPP) Wahono Saputro. This summons was made because his wife allegedly owns shares in the company owned by Rafael's wife, Erni Torondek.

In addition, investigators are also investigating the findings of Rafael's safe deposit box in which there are billions of money. The findings that have been blocked by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) are suspected to have come from accepting bribes.