Rafael Alun's Wife, Ernie Mieke Torondek, Was Called By The KPK To Be Questioned About The Gratification Case

The wife of former Directorate General of Taxes Rafael Alun Trisambodo, Ernie Mieke Torondek (left), left the KPK's Red and White Building after examining investigators, Tuesday (4/7/2023). ANTARA/Fianda Sjofjan Rassat

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again summoned the wife of former Directorate General of Taxes Rafael Alun Trisambodo, Ernie Mike Torondek to be examined as a witness in the alleged case of receiving gratuities and money laundering. "It's true, today at the KPK's Red and White Building, the investigative team has scheduled the summons of witness Ernie Mieke Torondek," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in Jakarta, Thursday, July 27. Apart from Ernie, investigators from the anti-corruption agency also scheduled the examination of three other witnesses, namely the Director of CV Rajawali Diesel Untung Wijaya and two private parties Christofer Dhyaksa Darma and Among Sandi Laksana. Ernie had previously been questioned by KPK investigators on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, regarding the alleged assets on behalf of other people. Not only about assets, but Ernie was also investigated by investigators about the source of the RAT suspect's income. Previously, the KPK officially detained and pinned an orange vest that read "KPK detainees" to former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes Rafael Alun Trisambodo on April 3, 2023. RAT was named a suspect on suspicion of receiving gratuities from several taxpayers for the consolidation of various tax audit findings. The suspect RAT is suspected of owning several companies, including PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME) which is engaged in consulting services related to bookkeeping and taxation. KPK investigators have found Rafael suspected of receiving a cash flow of 90,000 US dollars through PT AM. Another piece of evidence confiscated by investigators was a safety deposit box containing around Rp32.2 billion stored in a bank in the form of US dollar denominations, Singapore dollars, and the euro currency. According to KPK investigators, for his actions, the suspect Rafael Alun Trisambodo was charged with Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001. Investigators from the anti-corruption agency then again named Rafael Alun Trisambodo as a suspect in the alleged money laundering case (TPPU) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. After the determination of the suspect in the TPPU case, KPK investigators began to confiscate the assets of the RAT suspect suspected of originating from the proceeds of corruption.

So far, the KPK has confiscated assets in the form of 20 plots of land and buildings as well as a number of motorized vehicles with a value of around Rp150 billion.