Former Director General Of Taxes Loses Against KPK, Judge Rejects Pretrial, Angin Prayitno

JAKARTA - The resistance of the former Director General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji to the KPK through a pretrial, failed. This follows the Sole Judge of the South Jakarta District Court, Siti Hamidah, who rejected the pretrial complaint of Angin Prayitno.

Angin sued the KPK through a pretrial route regarding the legitimacy of the determination of the suspect in the alleged bribery case of the Directorate General of Taxes.

"Considering, based on the considerations above, the reasons for the pretrial application submitted by the applicant are not legally grounded and therefore should be rejected in their entirety," said Siti Hamidah reading her decision at the South Jakarta District Court, reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 28.

In his decision, the judge considered that the determination of the suspect as a former official of the Directorate General of Taxes had fulfilled the initial evidence, and even met two valid pieces of evidence. The respondent in this case the KPK has succeeded in showing the evidence in court.

Likewise, the confiscation that was sued by the applicant, according to the judge, the confiscation was legal, because it had been permitted by the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) to carry out the confiscation which had been signed by the applicant.

"The confiscation was carried out in accordance with applicable regulations," said Siti.

Considering because the pretrial application submitted by the applicant was rejected, continued Siti, the costs incurred in this case must be charged to the applicant in the amount of nil. Met after the trial, the attorney for the defendant, Syaefullah Hamid expressed disappointment with the judge's decision, the reason being that the judge did not consider it properly , one of which is the consideration of evidence only from the respondent (KPK-ed).

"Because both sides must be considered, the matter of being rejected is a matter of results," he said.

In addition, Syaefuddin said that the judges when making decisions were inconsistent at the beginning.

The Sole Judge, said Syaefuddin, at the beginning used the Constitutional Court Decision Number 21 of 2014 to expand the object of pretrial, where one of the things besides expanding the object of the pretrial, the Constitutional Court's decision also stipulates there is a procedure for determining suspects, namely with a minimum of two pieces of evidence obtained in the investigation process . With that evidence, the suspect was determined.

"At yesterday's trial, the pretrial was proven, Pak Angin was named a suspect not with the evidence obtained in the investigation," said Syaefuddin.

Angin Prayitno Aji is a suspect in the alleged corruption case of accepting bribes related to tax audits in the 2016-2017 period.

Meanwhile, the KPK on Tuesday, May 24, 2021, named six suspects in the alleged bribery case involving the Directorate General of Taxes. As recipients, namely Angin and former Head of the Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Audit Support of the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani (DR).

Meanwhile, as the giver, namely the attorney of the taxpayer Veronika Lindawati (VL) and three tax consultants, each Ryan Ahmad Ronas (RAR), Aulia Imran Maghribi (AIM), and Agus Susetyo (US).

Angin and Dadan allegedly agreed to, ordered, and accommodated the amount of tax payment obligations that were adjusted to the wishes of the taxpayer or the party representing the taxpayer.

Both of them are suspected of accepting tens of billions of bribes in connection with the investigation of three taxpayers, namely PT Gunung Madu Plantations for the 2016 fiscal year, PT Bank PAN Indonesia Tbk for the 2016 fiscal year, and PT Jhonlin Baratama for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.