Confiscating 20 Lands And Buildings From Rafael Alun, KPK: The Deterrent Effect For Corruption Perpetrators

Rafael Alun Trisambodo / DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to provide a deterrent effect for perpetrators of corruption. They confiscated assets suspected of being fraudulent, including those of former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo.

"The KPK's target to carry out state financial asset recovery also has a deterrent effect on perpetrators of corruption in Indonesia," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, June 23.

Ali explained that currently there are 20 assets in the form of land and buildings confiscated by the KPK. They are spread across a number of cities in the country and the value reaches Rp150 billion.

"A total of six plots of land and buildings are located in Jakarta, three assets in Yogyakarta, and 11 in Manado, North Sulawesi," he said.

"The confiscation of the assets of the suspect RAT is a step by the KPK in optimizing the recovery of assets of perpetrators of corruption," Ali continued.

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.