Bawaslu Has Not Received PPATK Report Regarding Environmental Crime Money Of IDR 1 Trillion Entering Political Parties

Illustration of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). (Between)

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja admitted that he had not received an official report regarding the finding that Rp1 trillion had flowed to political parties (parpol) from environmental crimes.

"Nothing until now, there has been information like that before, but the written report is formal, not yet," said Bagja at an event at the Press Council, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 9, which was confiscated by Antara.

He did not deny that information about the crime money had been circulating for a long time, but the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) had not reported it.

Bagja said that the letter from PPATK that entered Bawaslu was actually related to the preparation of elections and mitigation of election problems.

"In June, if I'm not mistaken, the letter is not a matter of the flow of funds," he said.

He also explained that at this time his party had not been able to take action, because it had not yet entered the campaign period. For this reason, Bagja said law enforcement officers (APH) and the police who have the authority to take action.

"This is the period before the campaign, so law enforcement officers, police friends who should have been given by PPATK even though the information later could be developed," said Bagja.

Previously, on Tuesday, August 8, PPATK revealed that there were findings of Rp1 trillion flowing to political parties from environmental crimes.

PPATK chairman Ivan Yustiavandana said that the findings of the money had been reported to the KPU and Bawaslu some time ago.

"One of the PPATK findings that was found some time ago was Rp. 1 trillion in environmental crime money that entered a political party," Ivan said at the Gakkumdu Center Discussion Forum which was monitored online through the YouTube channel of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Jakarta, Tuesday.

According to him, PPATK is currently focusing on exploring environmental financial crimes. Because, until now, none of the election participants have been free from these crimes.

"Because PPATK is currently focusing on green financial crime, this is what is happening. Then what happened? Well, we found how come there doesn't seem to be any accounts from political contest participants who are not exposed," he said.

Meanwhile, PPATK at least found the risk of money laundering (TPPU) in campaign funds in a number of provinces.

The highest areas dominant for TPPU were East Java (9), DKI Jakarta (8.90), West Sumatra (7.91), West Java (7.57), Papua (7.30), South Sulawesi (7.24), and North Sumatra (7.02).

In addition, Ivan said that there were funds from criminal acts that had been flowing throughout the electoral stages. For this reason, his party is currently investigating things