MAKI Asks KPK To Pursue Rafael Alun's Assets In The Form Of Shares To Jewelry

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been asked not only to confiscate assets in the form of buildings and cars belonging to former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo. Share ownership to jewelry allegedly related to money laundering efforts must be investigated.

This request was conveyed by the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman in response to efforts to investigate the crime of money laundering (TPPU) Rafael Alun. He said that the former subordinate of the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani could have entrusted shares or assets to other parties.

"This can be shares, money, crypto, bitcoin, or other forms of jewelry, it can be a precious stone item. That must be tracked," Boyamin told reporters quoted on Saturday, June 3.

From this tracking, it is hoped that transactions that are suspected to come from gratuities by Rafael can be found out. "For example, buying jewelry and so on that could be hidden," said Boyamin.

Rafael is suspected of having received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME). This acceptance has occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of Audit, Investigation, and Tax Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes East Java 1.

Rafael's number of gratuities can still increase because investigators are still continuing to investigate. Given that the company has handled many clients who have difficulty reporting tax books.

Next, the KPK again named Rafael as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). He is suspected of diverting or disguising the hot money he received.

In this development, investigators confiscated a number of Rafael's assets. Among them are Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser cars, big motorbikes of the Triumph 1,200 CC type to rented buildings in Meruya, West Jakarta and boarding houses in Blok M, South Jakarta.