KPK Summons 2 Officials At The Directorate General Of Taxes Regarding The Tax Corruption Case

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled the examination of two officials related to suspected corruption cases at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, Ministry of Finance. Both were summoned as witnesses in this case.

The two officials summoned by the KPK, namely the Director of Audit and Billing of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Irawan and the Head of KPP Pratama Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, Intermediate Tax Auditor, Dit P2 2014-2019 period (Supervisor) Wawan Ridwan.

"The investigation is being carried out at the Corruption Eradication Commission Office at Jalan Kuningan Persada Kavling 4, Setiabudi, South Jakarta," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri, Thursday, April 22.

Previously reported, the KPK is currently investigating a case of suspected bribery of tens of billions of rupiah in connection with a decrease in the value of taxes at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, Ministry of Finance.

Until now, the KPK has not provided an official statement regarding the construction of the case or the party that holds the status of a suspect in the case. In accordance with the current policy of the KPK leadership, the anti-corruption agency will announce the detailed case construction and the names of those named as suspects after forced attempts to detain or arrest the suspect.

However, based on the information gathered, there are two tax officials who have assumed the status of suspects in this case, namely Angin Prayitno Aji as Director of Audit and Collection at the Directorate General of Taxes and Dadan Ramdani as Head of the Sub-Directorate for Cooperation and Audit Support at the Directorate General of Taxes.

The two state administrators are suspected of accepting bribes from several consultants and tax proxies in a number of companies. The information said that Angin and Dadan were suspected of accepting bribes from Ryan Ahmad Ronas, Aulia Imran Maghribi as the tax consultant for PT Gunung Madu Plantations, and Veronika Lindawati as the taxpayer attorney for PT Bank Pan Indonesia or Bank Panin, and Agus Susetyo as the tax consultant regarding tax audits. PT Jhonlin Baratama.