KPK Finds Traces Of Angin Prayitno Gets Luxury Facilities When Checking Taxes
JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the provision of luxury facilities to the Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji during a tax audit.
This was done by the KPK when examining a witness from the private sector named Ariawan Dwi Putra on Friday, August 20 yesterday.
"His knowledge was investigated, among others, related to allegations of providing luxury facilities, one of which was staying at a hotel to suspect APA (Angin Prayitno Aji) and other related parties during a tax audit," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters on Monday, 23 August.
Previously, the KPK had also examined the Director of Audit and Collection of the Directorate General of Taxes, Irawan Afrizal, on Thursday, August 19 yesterday. During the examination, investigators studied the amount of salary received by Angin Prayitno Aji and the Head of the Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Audit Support of the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani.
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In this case, the KPK named two officials at the Directorate General of Taxes as suspects, namely the Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes Angin Prayitno Aji and the Head of the Sub-directorate of Cooperation and Audit Support of the Directorate General of Taxes Dadan Ramdani.
In addition, the KPK has also named four other suspects in this alleged bribery. They are three tax consultants, namely Ryan Ahmad Ronas, Aulia Imran Maghribi, and Agus Susetyo, and a taxpayer's attorney, namely Veronika Lindawati. In this case, Angin and Dadan are suspected of having received money three times in 2018-2019. In January-February 2018 there was a cash receipt of Rp15 billion which was handed over 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 which was submitted by Veronika Lindawati as a representative of PT BPI. This figure is part of the commitment that has been approved, which is Rp25 billion.
The last money received occurred in July-September 2019. This money was received from a representative of PT Jhonlin Baratama, namely Agung Susetyo, worth 3 million Singapore dollars.