The Corruption Eradication Commission Summons Top Officials Of The Directorate General Of Taxes Of The Ministry Of Finance Regarding The Tax Bribery Of Angin Prayitno Aji

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned three witnesses regarding the tax audit bribery case at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance.

One of the witnesses summoned was the Head of the Sub-Directorate for Special Transaction Examination, Directorate General of Audit and Collection, Adi Prana Pribadi.

"Examined as a witness for the suspect APA (Angin Prayitno Aji)", said KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his written statement, Wednesday, May 5.

Apart from Adi, the KPK also summoned two other witnesses to complete Angin's case file. Those who were summoned were tax consultant partners from Foresight Consulting Ryan Ahmad Ronas and a tax consultant, Agus Susetyo.

It is not yet known about the examination of the three people. However, they are suspected of knowing about the alleged bribery that occurred in the tax processing process carried out by Angin.

In the tax administration bribery case at the Directorate General of Taxes, the KPK named two officials as suspects. They are the Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji, and the Head of the Sub-Directorate for Cooperation and Audit Support at the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani.

In addition, the KPK also named four other suspects in the alleged bribery. They are three tax consultants, namely Ryan Ahmad Ronas, Aulia Imran Maghribi, and Agus Susetyo as well as a taxpayer attorney, Veronika Lindawati.

The determination of the suspect was made after the KPK conducted an examination of 30 witnesses who were suspected of knowing the suspects' actions.

In this case, Angin together with Dadan are suspected of receiving money three times in 2018-2019. In January-February 2018, there was a receipt of IDR 15 billion in cash which was submitted by representatives of PT GMP, namely Ryan Ahmad and Aulia Imran.

Furthermore, receipts were also made in mid-2018 in the amount of 500 thousand Singapore dollars submitted by Veronika Lindawati as a representative of PT BPI. This figure is part of the agreed commitment of IDR 25 billion.

The last money received took place in July-September 2019. This money was received from the representative of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Agung Susetyo worth 3 million Singapore dollars.