JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) of tax officials in South Kalimantan (Kalsel) related to business interests in the plantation sector.
This was conveyed by KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo who said that three people were secured in a silent operation on Wednesday, February 4. Among them are the Head of the Banjarmasin Deputy KPP Mulyono and private parties from Buana Karya Bhakti (BKB) which is a company in the palm oil plantation sector.
"The three people who were secured are still being intensively examined, namely two of them are fiscus or tax officers, one of them is the Head of the Banjarmasin Deputy KPP and another from PT BKB as a taxpayer in the palm oil plantation sector," Budi told reporters through a written statement, Thursday, February 5.
Budi said the PT BKB was handling restitution or excess tax payments. The value was said to be up to billions of rupiah.
"KPK has exposed and determined the legal status of the parties who were secured in 1x24 hours," he said.
"We will convey the full construction, chronology, and parties who are designated as suspects in the afternoon conference later," he added.
As previously reported, the KPK carried out OTT and secured three people. The details, two ASN and one private.
It is suspected that there was a payment related to the value added tax (VAT) refund. From the silent operation, evidence in the form of money amounting to Rp. 1 billion was found.
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