Former Garuda Siwi Widi Stewardess Committed To Returning IDR 648 Million To The KPK

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that former Garuda Indonesia flight attendant Siwi Widi would return hundreds of millions of money he received from the son of a former employee of the Directorate General of Taxes, Wawan Ridwan named Muhammad Farsha Kautsar. He was called cooperative after his name was revealed in the trial.

"The information is that the cooperative will return (the money, ed) more than Rp. 648 million," said Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters, Thursday, January 27.

However, Ali did not specify when the money would be returned by Siwi Widi. So far, the former flight attendant has only conveyed his commitment.

"There is a commitment, so we will wait for it later. Including when the trial process is later, right, we will definitely call him as a witness. We will wait for developments later," he said.

But the opportunity for Siwi to be entangled in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU) will not be lost even though he has returned the receipts he did. According to Ali, this kind of action will only relieve Siwi if he is later charged with a criminal case.

"The cooperation of a person or returning the proceeds of a criminal act of corruption does not affect the evidence. This is the behavior of a suspect or an act based on the adequacy of evidence.

"That then someone confessed, frankly, returned, actually this is a mitigating reason later in the trial," added Ali.

It was previously reported that in the trial, it was stated that Siwi received Rp647,850,000 from Wawan's biological son, Muhammad Farsha Kautsar. The two are close friends.

The money was given in stages through transfers from April 8, 2019 to July 23, 2019.

Not only that, Farsha also transferred some money to her two friends, namely Adinda Rana Fauziah, worth Rp. 39,186,927 and to Bimo Edwinanto, in the amount of Rp. 296 million.

In addition, there was also a transfer made to Dian Nurcahyo Dwi Purnomo and his family amounting to Rp509,180,000. The money will be used for business.

For information, Wawan, who is the Head of Registration, Extensification and Assessment of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes for South Sulawesi, was charged with accepting bribes of 606,250 Singapore dollars from the results of tax manipulation by taxpayers, namely PT Gunung Madu Plantations, PT Bank PAN Indonesia (Panin) Tbk, and PT Jhonlin. Baratama.

In addition, he was also charged with receiving gratuities of Rp. 1,036,250,000, Singapore dollar 71,250, US dollar denominations worth Rp. 625 million, and plane tickets amounting to Rp. 594,900 and Rp. 448 thousand hotels from eight companies and one individual taxpayer.

Furthermore, the money was used to buy assets including cars and luxury goods and was given to many parties.