Investigate Rp349 Trillion Odd Transactions, Mahfud MD Affirms DGT-Directorate General Of Customs Cannot Be Expelled From The TPPU Task Force

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD (ANTARA)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD stated that the Directorate General of Taxes and Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance cannot be expelled from the Task Force for Alleged Money Laundering (TPPU) odd transactions of Rp. 349 trillion in the ministry.

According to Mahfud, who is also the Chairman of the National Coordination Committee for Prevention and Eradication (KNPP) of TPPU, this is because DGT and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise legally does serve as investigators on tax and customs issues.

"So it cannot be issued, because he will follow up and have pro justitia authority," he said at a press conference for the formation of the TPPU Task Force, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 3.

This was conveyed by Mahfud in response to questions that might be circulating in the community regarding why the DGT and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise were involved in the TPPU Task Force examination team.

For information, the Director General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Suryo Utomo and the Director General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance Askolani sit as members of the TPPU Task Force Implementation Team formed.

The two sat with the Inspector General of the Ministry of Finance, Awan Nurmawan Nuh, Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, Febrie Adriansyah, Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Inspector General Pol Ased Edi Suheri, Deputy III for Counter Intelligence at the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Major General Aswardi, and Deputy for Analysis and Examination of the Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK) Danang Tri Hartono as a member of the Implementation Team.

The TPPU Task Force Implementing Team is chaired by Deputy III for Legal Coordination and Human Rights, Deputy V for Community Security and Order Coordination as deputy chairman, as well as Director of Analysis and Examination I of PPATK as secretary.

The TPPU Task Force will be tasked with supervising the handling and settlement of alleged money laundering (TPPU) in odd transactions of around Rp. 349 trillion at the Ministry of Finance in mid 2009'2023.

The TPPU Task Force was formed based on the results of the TPPU KNPP meeting on April 10, 2023 which was submitted to the DPR RI a day ago through a hearing at Commission III of the DPR RI.