In Addition To Not Being Present When Summoned, The Former Bantaeng Tax Head, Called The KPK, Gave A Complicated Explanation

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron said the former Bantaeng Tax Head, Wawan Ridwan, was considered uncooperative for various reasons.

Apart from not being present during the examination, he was considered to have given complicated information so that the investigators decided to make an arrest at his office.

"What kind of uncooperativeness? Maybe one of them is not only the presence but also uncooperative information. That's why then (Wawan, ed) was arrested and detained," said Ghufron in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, November 11.

Ghufron explained that the arrests were made on Wednesday, November 10, at around 13.00 WITA. Wawan, who currently serves as the Head of Registration, Extensification and Assessment of the South, West and Southeast (Sulselbartra) DGT Regional Office, was arrested at his office in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

Furthermore, Ghufron explained that Wawan was named a suspect in the tax bribery case along with the former Head of the Examination Team at the Directorate General of Taxation and Audit.

In this case, it was revealed that Wawan received the money which was then handed over to two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, namely 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 this action, Wawan was detained for 20 days until November 30 at the KPK Detention Center at Pomdam Jaya Guntur.

He is 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 of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with 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 Criminal Acts of Corruption.