Purbaya prepares for rotation and special placement of tax officers after there is an OTT KPK
JAKARTA - Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa emphasized that he respected the legal process related to the arrest of tax officers and searches carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP).
Purbaya explained that the employees involved in the case were still in the status of the Ministry of Finance apparatus as long as there was no final court decision.
Therefore, he added, the Ministry of Finance will continue to provide legal assistance in accordance with the provisions, without intervening in the law enforcement process.
"But what is clear is that this is a search, check, but if I am asked why you say you will accompany you legally, it is still a financial employee before he is convicted in court, he is still a financial employee. So we will continue to accompany, but there is no intervention in the sense, I come to them to stop this, stop that," he explained to the media, after the 2026 early year spirit event, Wednesday, January 14.
Regarding efforts to prevent similar cases from being repeated, Purbaya said the Ministry of Finance would conduct a thorough evaluation of tax officials.
He added that one of the steps being considered is the rearrangement and rotation of employees according to their level of involvement.
He added that employees who were suspected of being involved would be subject to special placement, including the possibility of being transferred to remote areas or temporarily dismissed.
"We will evaluate what it will be like, if it is clear that the tax officer will be re-examined in the computer, those who seem to be involved, we will put them in a remote place or just dismissed, we will see what it will be like," he said.
Meanwhile, Purbaya said the rotation would only be applied to employees who were considered still able to be trained.
"Rotation is over, there are those who can, if they are a little good, are involved a little, yes, rotation, but if they are evil in rotation, it is useless, we will be evaluating it," he said.