Uncooperative, Former Head Of Bantaeng Tax Office Detained In KPK Detention Center

JAKARTA - The former head of the Bantaeng tax office, Wawan Ridwan, was finally detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for being uncooperative. He will be detained at the KPK Detention Center Pomdam Jaya Guntur Branch for the next 20 days.

"For the purposes of the investigation, the investigative team carried out the first forcible detention for the next 20 days starting from November 11 to November 30 at the KPK Detention Center at Pomdam Jaya Guntur," said Deputy Chairman of the KPK Nurul Ghufron in a press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube, Thursday. , November 11th.

Prior to his arrest, Wawan had been named a suspect since early November. Ghufron said, Wawan was named a suspect in tax bribery along with the former Head of the Examination Team at the Directorate General of Taxes' Audit and Collection, Alfred Simanjuntak.

However, because he was not cooperative, the KPK finally came to his office in Makassar City on Wednesday, November 10. Currently, Wawan is the Head of Registration, Extensification and Assessment of the South, West and Southeast Sulawesi (Sulselbartra) DGT Regional Office.

"This arrest was made to speed up the investigation process because the Corruption Eradication Commission considers that in the process of completing the investigation of the tax case in question," said Ghufron.

After being arrested, Wawan was then taken to the KPK for further investigation and it was revealed that he received the money which was then handed over to Angin Prayitno and Dadan Ramdani, who had previously been named suspects.

The receipt of this money, continued Ghufron, occurred several times. In January-February 2018, Wawan received Rp15 billion which was handed over by representatives of PT Gunung Madu Plantation.

"Furthermore, around the middle of 2018 (Wawan received, red) 500 thousand Singapore dollars which was handed over from representatives of PT Bank PAN Indonesia from a total commitment of Rp. 25 billion," said Ghufron.

Then, in July-September 2019, he again received 3 million Singapore dollars which was handed over from representatives of PT Jhonlin Baratama. "From the total, suspect WR is suspected of receiving a share of around 625,000 Singapore dollars," explained Ghufron.

Not only that, Wawan is also suspected of receiving money from other taxpayers as a form of gratification. However, the KPK has not detailed the amount of money because it is still being investigated.

For his actions, Wawan was then suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication Corruption Crimes Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code and Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Acts of Corruption Corruption Crime.